A GRAN WITH CLOUT

THANK you as always for all your emails and letters. Last week, I wrote about the death of Liz Dawn, who played Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street.

My appreciation of gritty, Northern women met with great appreciation — from gritty Northern women.

My favourite email was from 72-year-old Judith K, from Bury, who was babysitting her small grandson while her daughter was on holiday in Marrakech. Pausing only to note that she only ever went to Blackpool on hols, Judith wrote: ‘Yes, I am one of those who accept no nonsense. In the playground this morning my grandson was playing up and I shouted at him: “I’ll clout your ears if you don’t pack it in.” The yuppie Cheshire mums were horrified, but I just thought, get a life.’

And consider themselves well and truly clouted.