![]() She recalls the excitement of the power cut and candles in the dark as the storm raged “it was the stuff of films” As soon as they could, her and her sister sprinted back to their house and their worried mother. ![]() As a special treat she would catch the train to Liverpool with her parents to buy her winter coats “it was pounds, shillings and pence back then!” One of her earliest memories is a massive thunderstorm that left her stranded in Mr and Mrs Price’s post office. She grew up in Saltney Ferry and recalls often staying at her dad’s sisters house in Ewart Street, which was a railway community. “ he loved all music, the last record he bought was Believe by Cher in 1998” ![]() “It ranged from opera like Madame Butterfly- we used to sob to that” to every other musical style. “my dad joined the army for the holiday benefits but he was sent to Burma! He was in a bad way when he came back and he had suffered from Malaria” Her father Mr Farrell loved music “my parents always had music on and my 2 aunties played piano.” Music was a big part of her life “if I hear something, to this day, I wanna jump up and bop!” she smiles. Picture by Steve Howe, used with permissionĪnnie was born in 1958, the daughter of an army Sergeant.
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