Family life

Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: Peggy and the spirit of Christmas I think the year must be 1975, and Porgy and Bimbo are dressed as choirboys. The two Boston terriers were owned by my grandmother, Nancy, and her sister Peggy. Devoted sisters, they lived together throughout my childhood, after Nancy was widowed, and Peggy and her husband Max moved in.Peggy transformed our family's experience of Christmas. I can still feel the excitement of Christmas morning, driving to ...

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