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the Jolly farmer Restaurant on the Hog’s Back. Her job there was rewarding and she enjoyed preparing meals and serving the customers. By this time she had married Andrew Hemming and when their first child arrived in 1985, Anne settled down to being a full time mother to Arthur.

Our daughter Vanessa was more of a rebel. She had not taken kindly to the move south and did not settle down to her schoolwork or studies again. At the age of fourteen, Vanessa decided she did not like her name and would prefer to be called Clare.

Most of Clare’s troubles were connected to the Wakeling influence. For example, when Clare came home from school her grandmother was usually there visiting. Clare would sit down in front of the television and stay there until I came home from work, If I asked if she had done her homework? more often than not she hadn’t so I would try to get her to do the homework she could watch the television later.

Mrs. Wakeling would then accuse me of being cruel and take Clare in her arms and tell her she loved her even if her father didn’t! So homework was seldom done and her school reports soon reflected this.

Clare got involved with a really bad group of girls in Camberley, they influenced her already rebellious nature. She often skipped school and on one occasion went for a trip to London. Here she fell fowl of the law by trying her hand at shop lifting. She was later punished but her behaviour tore our lives apart.

After completing her schooling, Clare continued her education by taking a Domestic Management Course. This seemed to suit her well for she loved household things. It was not long before Clare became a vegetarian and a keen Hippie.

It was difficult to get Clare to conform with what she thought were old-fashioned ideas. From the age of about sixteen the rebel did as she liked. This was a very difficult and worrying time for us. We certainly did not want her to be restricted or told to be home before midnight but she abused the trust we gave her. If she felt like sleeping out then that’s what she did. Sadly we often did not see eye to eye. She loved us all perhaps she loved us too much as indeed we loved her, but I fear we had many disagreements.

Following the death of Pamela’s father, we decided to rent a modernised barn near Taunton, for our summer holiday. Pamela had seen this Barn advertised in a magazine and we wrote for details. From the description it sounded wonderful.

The Barn was thatched and had been rebuilt. It now boasted a downstairs bedroom with an en suite bathroom. The kitchen had a counter bar, and there was a large living room. From the living room stairs lead up to two further bedrooms in the roof space.

An annex with two further bedrooms and services were also offered and it sounded perfect for us. We put the idea to the children suggesting they could each bring a friend. As Mrs. Wakeling was newly widowed we also invited her to join us together with Connie her maid. Everyone was keen except for Clare, who wasn’t going on holiday with us at any price! John said he would bring a girl from school. Anne too, had a friend she could go riding with so it looked as though there would be eight of us. If John took his mini the remaining family could be comfortably transported in our VW caravan for the journey.

On the day before the holiday I collected Nanna and Connie from Stanmore, Clare was away staying at a flat in Finchley with her boy friend John. John had this flat with a friend and Clare was not supposed to be there. When the landlord visited she would

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