Today was my maternal grandmother Doris' 82nd birthday, so the family went over to her care home in Brunswick Village to wish her happy birthday. Unfortunately she's diabetic, so I was reluctantly forced to eat the cupcake I bought for her! She was born in Dinnington in 1927 -- 22 years before the founding of the NHS -- and has lived her entire life within a 2 mile radius of Wideopen and Hazlerigg. Her dad was a coal miner in the local pits. It's a tribute to the NHS that she has reached such a ripe old age - a smoker until her mid 50s, she had a quadruple heart bypass at the Freeman Hospital in 1995. Fingers crossed, she'll see her 90th yet.
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