Our parents before we knew them - by Sue Purkiss

By now, my new book, An Ordinary War , should be available on Amazon, and fear not, I'll be writing all about it in a post later this month. It is inspired by my father's experiences as a prisoner of war for five years, after being captured on the way to Dunkirk. But today, I'm writing not about him, but about my mother. We've recently had a room refurbished. It's in the oldest part of the house,…