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Women’s Centre

Argus title : Don’t allow this beacon of hope to close down

I see my mother most days and if I don’t see her I usually phone. Her memory is now very impaired, but every time I see her she asks “Have you written something for the newspaper? Have I seen it?”

This week I’ve replied “I’m writing about the Women’s Centre Ma. It’s lost all its grant money and it’s losing its premises in March. It may have to close”. Her short term memory is so poor, that I’ve had to repeat it several times.

What amazes me is the outrage she expresses each time she hears it. I didn’t expect her to recall the Women’s Centre. After all, she has only a partial memory of the 30 years she’s spent in England. But, amazingly, she does remember. Continue reading