Thanks for you comment, Susan. They were a lovely couple. I often wonder too, but, for their time, I think their life was fairly comfortable, unlike previous generations. They owned their own home on a large block. Grandfather had a brick kiln business at the bottom of the yard. Their children all lived to adulthood, married and had children, all except one of whom are still living, my brother being the youngest at 63. The biggest difficulty was access to good medicine Grandma died when Mum was 9, and I often wonder if she had lived 50 years later would she have survived the 'heart pneumonia' (?) she is said to have died from. I'm sure that so many babies and children would not have died if there was available the know how and medicine available even from the 1950's. Thanks again, Eileen