My grandmothers were two very different people. Both from Brierfield, Lancs. Grandma Edwards (Jane Ann Barton from Carlisle) was stern, but she had to be as her husband Alfred Edwards died when my mother was only 13 as a result of gas from WWI. My Grandma Bradshaw (Mary Ann Latham from Brierfield) was a joker. One night when my Dad and Mum were courting she tied tin cans on a string and hung them out the bedroom window into the back yard and scared Mum and Dad by pulling on the string when they were saying goodnight!!! Sadly they're all gone, my Mum being the last. She died two years ago at the ripe old age of 100. I miss them all. My Grandma Bradshaw made the best rice pudding I've ever tasted and lived in Babbacombe, Devon and when we visited that was cooking when we walked in the door. Funny things you remember! Happy Mother's Day Kathy Dychton (Bradshaw)Macedon, NY