Round here, food wasn’t just something on your plate — it was the smell of tea cooking before you’d even took your coat off. It was whatever your mum could make stretch, or what your gran could cook with her eyes closed. It was filling, familiar, and always a bit better when the heating was off and you were still in your school uniform.

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