Richard
Just a week ago, referring to Richard Hines and his wife Jackie, I wrote this: I believe that Richard and Jackie have now moved down to Sussex to be close to their daughter and her family but until fairly recently they lived just fifty yards from us near the junction at the bottom of our stretch of road... I would have liked to shake Richard's hand and ask him a few questions. But I was wrong. Richard and Jackie did not move! They are still in the house they have lived in since 1981. This morning, Shirley paved the way. She was passing their house when she saw a woman conversing with her neighbour in the passageway. Shirley asked the woman if she was Mrs Hines and somewhat surprised, Jackie confirmed it. After a little explanation, they went inside and Shirley was introduced to Richard. He was sitting in an armchair drinking soup from a bowl. He is not a well man and at the age of eighty he is suffering from hydrocephalus, awaiting a vital draining operation. His b...