I'm living my dreams on a Scottish island - but I'll never forget where I came from

My childhood garden didn’t have any grass. It was on a slope, with grey slabs that stretched from the worn fence at the pavement to the front door of our wee three bedroom house. There was a broken swingball set and a wendy house, and a whirlygig with several damp socks that had seen one too many days of rain. At one time, there were eight of us in that house, using bunk beds and the wheely office chair at the dining table. I’ve been thinking a lot about that house in Holytown this past week.

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