Dreams of a Life Page #4

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'Joyce's mother

had elocution lessons for her

'and she had quite a posh voice, really.

'I think when people met her,

they were a little bit taken aback.'

'I just suddenly started

to hear her voice.'

And the sound of it,

cos I'd actually forgotten.

Very soft.

Very clear, well spoken.

'Not common.'

'But not sort of posh.

It was just nice.'

'They taught her to walk,

taught her to speak.

'Everything was very nice

but not in a kind of contrived way.

'You didn't feel like

she was putting it on.'

She was relaxed in that position,

but she was very comfortable.

And she was striking in that way.

She definitely wanted

something more out of life,

whether it was to be somebody

or to have somebody.

I would imagine

she was coming from somewhere,

trying to get to somewhere.

The best way she knew how is,

"I need to look good.

"I have my features.

I have my brains."

Joyce never let on how clever she was.

'I think she was a very bright girl,

but she just played it down.'

'French, grade three.'

Nature studies, grade five.

Social studies, grade four.

Grade E... So she didn't have

any GCSEs or A-levels?

She gave the impression

she was very well educated, yeah.

I'm not saying that

I had great conversations with her

about, you know,

what the meaning of life is

or anything like that.

'I always put her

in the same class as the rest of us,

'which is, what, middle class.

'She kept up with the rest of us

'which is why no one ever suspected

she was any different to the rest of us.'

And Maths ungraded as well.

Maths is ungraded as well, yeah.

That's quite amazing.

- Considering the area of work.

I mean, that is quite

something else really.

'Maybe she wasn't good at exams.

'She never came across as somebody

that was not academically clever.'

I think she said

she was something in finance

and I just kind of thought,

"Oh, I thought you were a secretary."

'She had a really responsible job.'

'Well, she worked

in the treasury department

'so she was involved with moving

the company's money around, really,

'and just putting money out on deals.'

We're not just talking

small amounts.

We're talking about millions of pounds.'

She wasn't throwing money around.

'I mean, she liked to go out

and have a meal, buy a few clothes.

'Nothing spectacular.

'I can't ever remember her

spending money on a holiday.'

'She was very independent.

'Didn't rely on men.

'I know a lot of women

who just make a living off that.'

She just reminded me

of somebody that...

I suppose somebody

that I would like to be, almost.

Because I can be a bit scatty

in my dressing and getting myself ready

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