Diary of The Vintage Cause

Just got chatting with a lovely lady in the shop. She is 83 and she was born and bred in Sheffield but moved to Australia with her husband of 63 years and 7 children 40 years ago. Her husband died of cancer 3 months ago and her children urged her to come back to Sheffield to visit family and friends. Her accent hadn't gone at all and she was so full of life, she chatted about all the places she had visited since being here and how different everything was, She had only been back once since moving, in 1996, and said how much the area had changed since then. She was very positive about Sheffield said she loved the shops, restaurants and people, said the variety that was on offer in this Country is so much more vast than in Australia. She told me that she missed her husband every day but that he would have been thrilled she had had the adventure she's just had. She was in the shop looking for a dress to wear to the casino tonight, she said she was going to stay up all night then go to Cleethorpes tomorrow to spend all her winnings on candy floss and slot machines! She has certainly left me hoping I am full of so much life, love and vigour at 83. She had had to buy 4 new suitcases since being in Sheffield to accomodate all the new clothes she had bought, that certainly would be a predicament I would find myself in at that age x