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‘She enjoyed it’

Tanya Murphy, 54, Poole

Arms flailing, I giggled excitedly as my two older brothers, then 6 and 7, splashed around in the water.

It was 1971 and we were at the local swimming pool with our Uncle Barry, then 21.

As we grew up, Mum’s brother Barry was a regular visitor to our house.

Dad was in the Marines, so Mum appreciated an extra pair of hands.

Barry took us to the ice rink or to the pool.

And when I was with my brothers in the water,

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