A letter to... Our darling girl

Joyce Johnson, 70, Grimsby

Dearest Hayley,

I remember the day you were born as if it were yesterday.

Your dad, David, and I, had always wanted a girl.

And your older brothers Paul, then six, and Nigel, then five, couldn’t be more excited to have a baby sister.

You arrived on 3 May 1973 in Grimsby Hospital, and we fell in love straight away.

Weighing 9lbs 10oz, you were a little chunk!

With beautiful blue eyes and blonde wispy hair, you were our little princess.

And our family was complete.

In hospital, midwives mixed up the cots and you were almost taken by another mother.