Out of the blue my mum announced that I would be accompanying her to a small first aid class at the home of one of her friends, who was a District Nurse. The DN had mentioned to some mums in our village that a quick course might be beneficial.
I protested saying it would be boring and anyhow I had homework to do, all to no avail.
So we arrived at the DN's home to find about eight chairs arranged in a circle in her sitting room. Already seated were three old biddies. Take a seat the DN said, so my mum and I joined them. This is going to be as bad as I feared it might be.
The DN announced that she was waiting for the final two to arrive and then she would make a start.
The door bell rang and in walked Sarah, a 15 year old from my school and her mum, Mary. Sarah was a year ahead of me. All the boys had a crush on her mum. Her husband, Sarah's dad, worked in a Bank which made him a step above most of the families in the village. They were a very correct, prim and proper church going family.
Mary was a very attractive woman who always dressed immaculately, she did have a slight air of superiority about her which caused some resentment.