…and I grew up in Islington during the 1970s. when most parents would spend their time in the pub, dragging their kids along and sitting them outside with a bottle of coke and a bag of crisps. They would tell you to behave, then they would emerge five hours later and you had to try and drag them home. I was also no stranger to mental abuse and domestic violence. In fact, I had forty odd years of it.

My Father never attended anything I ever did, be it a school gala or sports day. He always did his best…

By Suzanne Suzanne