Elizabeth Archer asked me if I could look after Ben and Daniel Graham for the afternoon, then take them to East Linton to spend the night with their grandmother (ED).

Aged 8 and 6, these two boys were quite a handful. TPR was not pleased that I was giving up a free afternoon in favour of unpaid childcare.

It fascinated me that Ben was now the same age as his father when I first set eyes on him at primary school. Sadly, Ben was nowhere near as handsome as JG.