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| Carolyn |
| Carolyn is Brian's eldest daughter and was born in October 1952. When her parents split up she lived with her Nan and Grandad until Brian and I moved to Slade Green in 1967. She led us a bit of a dance at times and in 1970 she had Jason. I was with her at the birth and when she asked could she keep him and not put him up for adoption, I could see myself in 1961 and knowing the heartache I had felt I made the decision and said yes. She originally stayed with us but after a fall out she went down to Herne Bay and lived with her Grandparents again. I can't remember the exact year she met Ron but it was around 1974 and they stayed engaged until a couple of years ago. At one point he talked about marriage but it never came about and in the end she "ditched"him. She has not had it particularly easy, Jason went of the rails as well so much so she ended up having to have a restraining order put on him. Thankfully now it has all been sorted out.Carolyn has a new man in her life Jimmy and at the time of Susan's death and funeral everyone realised that life is short and Carolyn and Jason are now reconciled and as she is in Herne Bay and He and Debbie in Margate they see each other nearly every week now. Also at this time things were patched up between her and some members of Brian's and my children. |
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| Summer 2001 |
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| Things have moved on a lot since the above was written. Carolyn no longer lives in Herne bay, she is completely estranged from her son which I will not go into and she is in a new relationship. John came back into her life several years ago now, he was her childhood sweetheart when we lived in Slade Green. Carolyn had kept in touch with one of his sisters over the years and she asked if it was ok to bring John down with her on a visit, he is a widower and it went from there. I cannot remember exactly how long they have been together now but we saw a lot more of her and she still visits me regularly. I went and stayed with them for a few days last year as well. She is very happy and that is the main thing, she waited long enough. John was very helpful to me when I asked how he moved on after his wife diesd and the advice he gave helped me. Jason did get in touch with me out of the blue a couple of months ago but I told him about his grandad and for all he said he would keep in touch he hasn't. |
| March 2006 |