Barbara Scully
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We had women go back to work because their husbands had walked out and they were left with the mortgage and trying to bring up kids and everything.
So we did a fair bit of counselling on the way as well on the side.
Yeah, it was great.
But as she got older and ageing, she didn't have great health.
And certainly kind of in her 70s, she had both knees replaced and she had a lot of arthritis.
Her spine started to degenerate and all that as she got into her late 70s and into her 80s.
And it used to annoy her.
She used to say, getting older isn't for the faint hearted.
And if I ever made the mistake of saying to her, oh, my God, did you see your woman on telly?
God almighty, she's 87 and she's great.
She's really fit as a fiddle.
And my mother would say, isn't it well for her?
She's lucky.
Isn't it well for her?
She's just lucky.
So she railed against the dying of the light, I suppose.
But she was amazing.
Yeah, she was one off.
Yeah, she was brilliant.
It was hard and I still miss her.