I've learned to take BBC News coverage with a massive pinch of salt in more recent times. We were returning from holiday in France making our way to Calais (Eurotunnel) when I received a few texts from people in the UK, warning me of chaos in Calais.
We got there to find it quite normal without...
Belfast 1968. I'd made friends with another Wren whilst in Plymouth, who had since got married and invited me over. It was just one year before the troubles started and the atmosphere was tangible.