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Anything to have her back

Sharron Wilson, 57, Washington, Tyne and Wear

Hugging my big sister Katrina, 18, I fought back tears.

‘I’ll miss you,’ I told her.

‘I’ll visit lots,’ she promised.

It was 1972, and our Trina was leaving home to start a new job in the Lake District.

It wouldn’t be the same without her. Aged 10, I looked up to her, as did my brothers George, 13, Stephen, 11, and John, 3.

Still, true to her word, Trina visited often.

A year later, she married her boyfriend Mike, and soon she was pregnant.

‘I can’t wait to

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