“I had a telephone call this afternoon from the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham saying that someone was in there that had a message for me. I was naturally concerned because I wasn’t aware of anyone I knew being there. It turned out to be an elderly gentleman that I’ve been ...
“Vicky’s up to the ‘stution”–the hospital was probably the institution referred to–“ever so long now. I seen her there, me and Jim did. Such a bootifer place! ‘Nd chicken!” he added. “Sis got hurt by a cart.” Vicky was seventeen, and had been in a fancy store. “...