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worked on the wharfs, but one would never think so). So he said "if you have a lawnmower I will cut the grass for you". I said "oh yes you may come but you don't have to cut the grass".
Well you never saw anything so funny, here is Dorrie and I trying to cut one leg of ham in halves and we are both in our working clothes, and at the back door Harold appeared and said "may I came in?" Dorrie said "who's this" very quietly and I smiled, and I introduced him to her. He put his hat down on a chair and said "let me do that for you", it was a real circus. Harold suggested that we try and keep the ham still and he would saw it. Now without any hesitation from Dorrie she said "hold on wait till I get my bust out of the way" (laughter) by the 3 of us. The job being done Dorrie took her half home and told her husband Bill about it, also she told Bill that Harold seems a very nice gentleman. So when I saw her next I told her all about him, she said "I liked him straight off and the way he asked could he come in". I might add at this stage the day I brought the ham home was the day I left the Deli as I had a job at the Dee-Why hotel cooking. I used to start early mornings for breakfast and I had a room where I could stay or rest for my 2 hours off in the afternoon before tea at night. Now this is right up my alley. I did like it very much and Harold was able to come for tea when he would come to see me. It was round about this time that Margaret and Yvonne said they wanted to go and flat on their own. I am not sure but I think it was Seaforth. Now my fathers wife Essie was very ill in hospital and their adopted son. Keith phoned me and said that mum wanted to see me that she was very sick so I told Harold where I was going and he said "I will come with you as you can not go on your own". So he arranged to meet me when I got off the ferry. Well we only got there just on time for all the visitors to go but I explained to the sister and she allowed 15 minutes and no more so I thanked her and she took us around and the first thing she said to me was "I am very sorry for the way I have treated you, and who is this man". "I said, this is Harold Forshaw a friend and I will accept your apology". I had some fruit for her but she was not as sick as Keith made out, but that is Keith as I have learned over the years. so I went to see Essie again whilst she was there, and not long after that she goes home to Campsie still living in 70 Claremont Street.
Well Christmas 1960 has gone and Harold bought me a lovely handbag and it was leather, a fawn colour also it has £10 (ten pounds) inside. I had bought a watch and that watch still goes and keeps good time. Now at this stage of my life none of the family are talking to me. I am just a nobody and I believe one of them are supposed to have said l am dead. So what does one do but go on with thier own lives. If I hurt them none of them know how much they hurt me. Now we are in 1961 and Harold has asked me to marry him and I said "yes" so he bought me an engagement ring and I only wanted a 1 ct diamond, well the night he was to give it to me I asked Margaret and Yvonne to come and a girlfriend of theirs as well. (but before that Harold did not tell me until after he had done it. I believe he asked the 2 girls (Margaret and Yvonne) if he could go in they said yes and they were in bed and he sat on the edge of one of the beds and said "I am going to ask your mother to marry me, but that will not make any difference to you two, as you will be my responsibility then". I don't think they said anything to him. (I have not heard it if they did) Well while Harold was checking out the table for dinner that night I forget the name of the place but it was in Margaret Street. Sydney. We had a nice dinner and I really think the girls enjoyed it too but did not say. Harold put