QUOTE : I was like father – everyone said so. Lewis was like mother, with fair wavy hair and cornflower-blue eyes. Willy wasn’t like anyone in particular; he had brown hair (which was always untidy, no matter how often he brushed it) and thin knobbly knees. Lottie was the youngest of the family; she was very pretty with big blue eyes and flaxen curls as soft as silk. Everyone admired Lottie but at that time I wasn’t interested in her, I liked being with the boys. Sometimes they were a bit rough but I didn’t mind – I didn’t mind what they did if I could tag along after them and share in their games.