Woman & Home

We LOVE our NEIGHBOURS

With families often spread all over these days, many of us are lucky enough to have great communities on our doorsteps who are there for us. Who else but a friendly neighbour will take in your parcels, feed your cat and hand over your spare key when the offspring forget theirs? Lifelong friendships have been fostered by having neighbours who’ve been there for you throughout life’s ups and downs. From having tea and a natter with next-door to organising street parties to celebrate and bring together their – geographically speaking – nearest and dearest, good neighbours make the world go round. Meet four women who love theirs.

‘When it came to the crunch, I arranged a Big Lunch!’

Lucinda Spelman, 60, lives in Wilstock, Somerset.

Mum would take my siblings and me to London’s Petticoat Lane market on Sundays and I loved the banter and the bustling cafes. Even

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