From toddlerhood onwards, Shirley was raised by her ‘beautiful’ grandmother in Dominica while her parents worked abroad. She talks about the values her grandmother gave her and the decisions she made about childcare when she had her own children in the UK.

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Credits:

Narrator: Shirley Peters

Interviews and editing: Rosa Schling

Music: Luke Christie

Photograph: Sophie Polyviou

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