Pick Me Up! 02-Nov-2017

What A Week! Dawn Smith, Features Editor What A Pain! My fella took me sailing for the first time. Top fun, but I have to say those hard wooden benches are murder on a girl’s poop deck! 1950 …That’s the last time the volcano on Greek island Santorini erupted. It’s still active and scientists are certain it’ll erupt again. Question is, when..? What A Goer! Reading about super-groupie Pamela Des Barres’ exploits with rockers such as Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page, I can’t help feeling a tad envious. What a life! What A Porker! I love the Greek friedcheese dish saganaki so much, I ate it every day on my recent hols. I’m surprised the plane home didn’t do a wheelie from the extra weight! Ed’s Test £25! WIN PUZZLE 1…

Little STAR Cute! Here’s my 11-week-old son, Lenny, dressed up as our very own pint-sized bottle of milk! Gemma Davies, Tuffley Face it, I’m chilled! There’s nothing better than relaxing with a facemask and your favourite mag! Sheryl Atkins, Coventry Look who I met I was so excited to meet rapper Big Narstie in Ibiza this summer! Shabnam Gangar, West Bromwich What a giggle At a recent boot sale, this sign made me smile but not enough to splash out on anything! Caroline Boote, Kidsgrove, Staffs My heroes These lovely Spanish police officers were more than willing to help a damsel in distress when I lost my way in Málaga! Diane Leytham, Sale, Gtr Manchester Kitty-cat spat Duke resorted to fisticuffs when Mitsy claimed to be the No1 cat in the house! Les Holt, Prestwich Dad…

Pick Me Up! BIG STORY Tracy Dixon, 53, South Yorkshire Smothering myself in sun cream, I sat back and relaxed. ‘How lovely is the weather today?’ I sighed. It was summer 2007, and me and my three daughters were enjoying the sun. My then 18-year-old and 15-year-old were lying either side of me on sunloungers. And my 8-yearold was running around the garden. While my daughters were in bikinis, I’d completely stripped off. I didn’t want any tan lines. I wasn’t a prude, was quite comfortable with my body. You see, when I was 16 I’d made a career as a page-three girl. Along with Sam Fox and Linda Lusardi, I became quite well-known. After marrying my husband and having the girls, I’d turned my back on glamour modelling. I…

Nicola Jenkins, 42, Beeston All mums will probably agree that it’s true what they say about kids growing up fast. But my son, Owen, was still my little boy, even though at 12 he was already 6ft 1in tall. A gentle giant, he was well known and loved by everyone. His electric sense of humour made people smile. Playing for Nottingham Casuals rugby team was his passion. And he was so caring. If he was ever late back from school, it was because he was walking his friends home, making sure they were safe. On 10 July this year, sun blazing down, after school Owen couldn’t wait to go back out to see his mates. He gave me a quick kiss. ‘Love you, Mum,’ he grinned, racing off out He…

If you keep toys in storage boxes, stick a photo on the front of the box to make tidy-up time much easier! Abbie Cairns, Colchester Your Best CLOTHES PEG Tips 1 Clip substitute If you’re out of paper clips, keep your important documents together with clothes pegs! Fran Hoster-Law, St Ives 2 Safe and sound An empty laundry washing capsules box makes a great container for your clothes pegs! Jackie Crowe, Brightlingsea, Essex 3 Keep it shut Haven’t finished your big sharing bag of crisps? Keep them fresh by rolling up the top of the packet and clipping it with a peg! Sandra Maze, via e-mail 4 Bin win Clip your bin bag to the bin with a few clothes pegs. No more nasty, smelly dribbles down the inside of the bin! Lynne Worthy, Southampton…

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