My Angel Mavis ... how GP thanked ex-headmistress

JUNE 2008: ‘I thank you with all my heart for your care, your generosity and kindness to us! My boys should be the best dressed boys in all of England now!!’

NOV 2008: ‘Thank you also for all the other goodies and help towards all that life needs sorting. My new tyres, my new locks, fixing my computer, the car service, the gutters needed fixing, the electrician needed to fix lights, the petrol to rugby matches, and so much more.

‘You will never know how much help you have given me. My darling angel, you give me more than I can imagine.’

POSTCARD FROM ARIZONA 2013: ‘My Dearest Angel Mavis, we are having a wonderful time at my cousin’s wedding and now at this amazing Grand Canyon!’ POSTCARD FROM UMBRIA

2013: ‘Dearest Lovely Angel Mavis, thinking of you every day, as I rest, read, drink in the beauty of the art, landscape and the hot hot sun, fine food and learning Italian.’ POSTCARD FROM THE AMAZON 2013: ‘My Dearest Angel Mavis – I am having the adventure of a lifetime and resting galore! I feel so lucky. Huge hugs and lots of love always.’