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Fossil, he thought it would be you.

He is fine, but you probably know he was very seriously ill in his mid 20's. He's doing well. He wants to know how you and your brothers are doing?

We lived in Essex for 25 years, and now we live in Suffolk, so it's quite a trek to get home. I lost my parents quite a while ago, though I still have family in Wigan, I haven't been home for more than 10 years. Barry was home quite regularly to keep an eye on Bert, but he refused to move down here so it was quite difficult.

We had hoped to move back to Wigan when we retired, but our elder daughter has very complicated health problems, and has regular treatment at Ipswich and Papworth hospitals, and we just couldn't face the upheaval of her being under new hospitals. Plus our younger daughter lives in Suffolk now.

Which is why you haven't seen him for a long time