I had an interesting conversation

....with my mum the other day. We were just shooting the shit,y'know, just catching up. We were chatting about what was on television and I made mention that on one of the channels was the final part of a series on the Yorkshire Ripper....

Now, for those that have never heard of him, he was a serial killer in Yorkshire in the United Kingdom who killed women, violently with a hammer amongst other weapons, from around 1975 to 1981, when he was finally caught. He went on to kill 13 women, and attacked at least 7 more....initially prostitutes but then onto other women...

Well, mum told me '..y'know, your grandmother worked during that time.'

I'm never realised it. It blew my mind. Just thinking how a person can work with the worry of that hanging over them. Just....phew!

I wished I knew. I wished I had talked to her about it.

M x