Pick Me Up! 18-May-2017

What A Week! Gemma turner, Senior Sub editor What A Read! Call me a geek, but I love a good war read. And Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos is quickly making its way to the top of my best books. 4 … that’s the number of weeks left till two days of fun at a Butlin’s Big Weekend. My sister-in-law and I are gearing up to be the new Ghostbusters! What A Pussy! Just look at my little Vernon – he might not be the sharpest tool in the box, but he certainly makes up for it with that little face… What An App! I may be slow on the uptake – but how much fun is Snapchat? My phone is running out of memory from all the silly photos! Ed’s…

Living with a koala’s tricky. They’re nocturnal and eat eucalyptus leaves. But I wouldn’t change baby koala Lenny, 2, for all the eucalyptus trees in the world. Gemma Davies, Gloucester Little STAR Get in touch If you’ve got a story for these pages, send photos and letters with all names and ages, plus a daytime phone number and full address, to the address below and GET BIG MONEY E-mail pickmeup@timeinc.com Call 020 3148 6460 Write to Pick Me Up!, 161 Marsh Wall, London E14 9AP Twitter twitter.com/pickmeupmag Facebook facebook.com/pickmeupmag Time Inc. (UK) Ltd reserves the right to reuse any submission sent to Pick Me Up! magazine, in any format or medium. Unfortunately, we can’t return photos without a stamped sae. Letters/photos must not be sent to any other publication. LIFE!…

• Preyed on by Grandad • Abused and raped in secret • Not his only victim Stacy Levett, 32, West London As my grandad, Mick, pulled me into his arms, he tickled me to the floor. ‘Give me a kiss,’ he said, puckering up. Then he planted a slobbery smacker on my lips. Michael Slark – known as Mick – wasn’t my biological grandad, but he was as good as. He and his wife had fostered my mum when she was 7. And Mick had been in my life forever, so he was the closest thing I had to a grandad. He was always affectionate. Cuddling me, kissing me on the lips… Then one day when I was 6, he sat me on his lap and put a crochet blanket…

Up, up and away, web! Noah’s no ordinary boy, he’s a superhero – and ready to take on the world. And when Little Spidey met Big Spidey, they were invincible! Claire Carrick, 34, Congleton My little boy Noah pulled his mask over his face and spun around. ‘I’m Spider-Man! I’m here to help!’ he shouted. Me and my hubby Keith, 48, shared a look and burst out laughing. Noah was 3, and superhero crazy. In the mornings, he’d be Spider-Man, throwing out imaginary webs. After lunch, he’d be Captain America, charging about with his shield. It gave him courage, and the belief he could beat cancer There wasn’t a superhero Noah didn’t love. But, to us, he was the biggest little hero of them all. See, he’d been fighting a…

Your Best HAIR CONDITIONER Tips 1 Make-up Off Run out of make-up remover? A small amount of conditioner on a cotton pad will take your make-up off just as easily. Barbara Jenkins, Portsmouth 2 Back To Full Size If you’ve accidentally shrunk a knitted jumper in the wash, mix a tablespoon of conditioner in a bucket of cool water. Leave the jumper submerged in the bucket until it starts to soften, then gently stretch it back to its original size. Amanda Sanchez, Manchester 3 Shiny Steel A little conditioner rubbed in with a cloth will make stainless steel appliances look like new. Alice Snow, Leeds 4 Clean Shoes Prevent your shoes from getting those salty streaks in the rain by working conditioner into the leather. Lana Podolskaya, west London Use…

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