they met as teenagers near the end of the second world war, and cyril plucked up the courage to suggest a trip to the cinema which almost didn't happen. i came home and i said to my mum, he wants to take me, what was it, to the pictures, wasn't it? yeah, down in peckham. and i said, i don't think i'll go. "yes, you will, my girl, you promised the lad. you'll go." so thanks to muriel�*s mother, the rest is history. and a family that includes five grandchildren and five great—grandchildren. one of them, maddy, is helping her great—grandmother to maintain her famous sartorial standards. you would dress up, you liked your high heel shoes, didn't you? oh, yeah. and i liked everything that matched. if i'd got a green pair of shoes... gloves, hat, shoes.