Born 3rd child to Sal and Mick (or Sap, as my nan liked to call him), Kitty grew up in Windsor Gardens. Married at 21 (stunning bride, wedding vid to follow!) to my dad, John and had me a year later. They gave me the happiest childhood you can imagine. I was followed by my little brother John Michael, who sadly died. Many miscarriages later, Ormskirk hospital figured out what was causing these and made sure it didn't happen to our Julie, born 6 years after me. Sadly our mum and dad parted company when Julie was a baby, but have always remained really good friends. We went to live with Roy in 14 Thurston where she stayed the rest of her life. Married Roy years later (hilarious pics attached). Many happy years continued of her doing what she did best - ie being the best mum, wife, sister, daughter, friend, comrade and neigbour in the world. Then there were some devastating blows. First, her sister Pat with whom she was joined firmly at the hip (see pics on this site for proof), her husband Keith and 3 children Rach, Claire and little Michael moved to Australia. The second was her being diagnosed with cancer at 42, just before my wedding. 5 years later she got cervical cancer and shortly after that had a large tumour removed in a mastectamy. We were told at that time that she had secondary cancer in the bones and only had a couple of years at most. Megan, her only (then) grandchild and joy of her life, was only a baby. She promised me she would fight the cancer and would live to see Meg go to uni. Meg started uni last month. Oh, by the way, she also got bladder cancer during all this and had to get bits of her bladder cut out every couple of years. She actively fought the illnesses by every means she could find -visualisation techniques, positive thinking exercises and pure bloody-mindedness! It was her love of life, and her love of her kids, grandkids, family and firiends that kept her going so long. So proud of her. She would want me to mention Queens Court Hospice and the care she received from the District nurses towards the end - absolutely second to none, and helped us keep her at home.