Netta Crosby from no:42

Graham Hinde recalls Netta who used to have the meals on wheels service. However, she believed that in order to qualify, one needed to be bedridden, so when they arrived she would dash upstairs and leap into bed, fully clothed and not infrequently straight from the garden in her wellies. All the children adored her. I think they recognised a kindred spirit.
She used to sit by the window in the front bedroom, the light from her television bathing her in an eerie glow. " they say that, when the moon is full, and Coronation Street is on, you can still see her sitting there"[Graham's imagination running riot]

Other recollections of this very lovable old lady - as poor as a church mouse - was of her filling the hotwater bottle at night to then make a cup of tea in bed.



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