| Mum worked as a waitress at the Ark restaurant in Palace Gardens Terrace and went on to be a photographer. |
| Last year she started smelling pretty bad and acting up so Mum made her sleep outside in the wood shed during the summer. |
| Efficency and purpose radiated from her barely five-foot frame as she barked at Mum to open the boot. |
| When we were boys Mum told my brothers and I not to use rude words or she'd wash our mouths out with soap. |
| But I was still jet-lagged from visiting 99-year-old Mum in the U.K., so I luckily postponed my visit. |
| We spent a quiet time eating and drinking and chatting until, around 4pm, we drove Mum home. |
