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It was satisfying seeing Em run about and explore Gt Grandmas garden, where my Brother and me played as children. Together Gt Grandma, Nananne, Em and me pulled onions and carrots, picked raspberries and cut Dahlias. Later Em swept the flagstone paths clean of crispy brown horse chestnut leaves and when she grew tired of that she galloped astride her broom steed. We took lunch in the conservatory my Grandad built beneath the big Yew tree and watched whilst the sunlight slid down the dining room wall until it disappeared for the day.