Sarah Thompson, Brian's eldest daughter, 38.
Dad's garden at Stannington Road has, by 2025, become something my mum describes as a project. There are raised beds along the back wall that he built from offcuts at the workshop; a greenhouse Helen and her partner saved up for as the joint birthday present in 2022; a small shed at the bottom of the garden that Dad disappears into for whole Saturday afternoons with a paperback and a flask of tea.
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