Get your coat and we'll choose one from the arcade. We returned to the house. I filled the kettle with water and plugged it into the socket to find it didn't work either. I suddenly remembered Mother's comment and realised there was a fault within the socket. I retrieved the three kettles from the dustbin and phoned a man friend who changed a faulty fuse.
Mother is older now and has become housebound.
Her greatest pleasure is a day out with me in the car. The Misadventures of Sylvia Smith will be published by Canongate on February 27, price 9.99.