When I was younger, I spent a lot of time with my paternal grandmother, Margaret Snowden nee Parker, known as ‘Dolly’. She was what we would probably call a ‘stickybeak’ – she took a great interest in the lives of those around her.
Grandma had an ordinary dog-eared exercise book with batter-spattered recipes at the front, and a list of names and dates at the back. At the time, those names and dates meant nothing to
