Gill went to Secretarial College and got a job in London. No-one is quite sure who it was with but the building she worked in also included an office for Billy Walker, a famous boxer of the era and Gill used to bump into him around the building. I remember one summer (around 1976) Mum did fruit picking - loganberries and raspberries - to save up enough money to get a black and white tv. Debbie and I used to go with her and I helped her by picking as many punnets as I could but I remember it being really hot. Debbie and I would sit in the shade but Mum just carried on. She was a really hard worker and determined to earn what she needed. When we moved back to Harpenden Mum got a part-time job at an electronics factory called Amelec Instruments which was in Harpenden. She assembled circuit boards and had a soldering iron that we weren't allowed to touch. She sometimes brought work home to get some extra money and Debbie and Peter 'helped' her by sorting the components out into separate piles. I think she did this extra work so I could go on a school trip to Swanage. When Gill married Ian she stayed at home to look after the four children - which was a full-time job in itself. Ian remembers the washing machine going 'full-tilt' from Friday evening to Sunday and her praying for a dry day so she could get everything ready again by Monday. She would prepare meals, mend clothes, bake cakes, mediate between the kids and help us with our homework - although Craig never seemed to get as much homework as us for some reason! Gill started working as a part-time Court Usher in 1984. Ian used to be Court Liaison Officer for the police and he came back and told her about this job. She decided to go for it as it was convenient and she could get there easily. It was a job she really enjoyed and she carried on in this role at different locations for over 20 years. She was always very professional and helpful to everyone who came to court - and I'm sure she had some tales she could have told - but she always maintained her professionalism. I met up with a friend of mine from school after many years, Patrick, who is a policeman, and so was often was at court. I told him my mum hadn't been too well recently and he said to me 'Tell her we miss her. The place hasn't been the same without her'. And I think that is something everyone who knew her will be thinking now. It just won't be the same without her...