Basil under the duvet

He didn't want to move despite the weight of the duvet. The only way we could get him to emerge was to entice him with a piece of ham wrapped round his heart tablet.

Len went to play tennis, in the heat. I stayed in and watched South Pacific. There's so much to learn from the film. When I saw it in the 1950s with my mother, I asked her why Lt Cable had to die. She answered that 'it wasn't appropriate for him to marry Lia.'