A Pocketful of Holes and Dreams (31 page)

Mum, holding me as a baby, outside our house in Liverpool

Me, aged six

My beautiful mum, Elsie

‘The Boss’: my handsome father, Leslie

The four of us: (
l to r
) Sheila, Lesley, me and Barry on our first holiday in Wales

Dad, my sister Sheila and brother Barry with me, little Mr Muscles!

Setting up shop at Paddy’s Market on a wet winter’s morning in the 1950s

(
l to r
) Alan, me, Rubio, Steve and Reg on the building site in Benidorm, Spain

In my chef’s whites in the kitchen at Butlin’s

Gina and me with our first market van

Our first Girls Talk boutique, with customers queuing out of the door for leather pants for £1

My gorgeous bride and I leaving St David’s church on our wedding day

My daughters ready for school: Katie, aged seven, and Faye, aged five