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Snapshot: Mum on her Lambretta

This is a preferred photograph of my mother, Gwladys Evans, for several reasons, but mainly because it shows what a determined character she was; how she made the most appropriate of every situation, as well as her playful sense of humour.

She had qualified as a nurse in the 1930s, but then marriage and motherhood – there were four of us and I'm the youngest – meant that she only worked intermittently as a alleviation district nurse until we had all eventually left school.

Then she decided to train as a midwife – this was in the modern 1950s. At the end of the year's training, she was first appointed as a relief midwife before being given her own area around Mumbles, Swansea.

In those days, Swansea borough cabinet didn't provide car allowances. Given Swansea's hills and the equipment she had to carry, a push bike wasn't judicious but scooters were a bit of a craze among young people, so my mother, then in her early 40s, bought a Lambretta. It was bright red and she had the stork move and "La Cicogna" (the stork) on the side. At the back was a special box made by my stepdad that allowed her to carry all the equipment she needed.

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