Isabella

I don't know much about my dad's parents, except that my granddad died young, leaving my gran to bring up four children and run the family dairy shop in Townhill, Dunfermline. This is my effort to figure out what that must have been like for her. I normally introduce it by saying there's a girl called Isabella in the same class as my youngest, and her friends refer to her as Bella. My gran's friends referred to her as "Mrs Beveridge." Someone tell the minister, someone tell the school Someone run a message to the mine Fetch some men to move his body to the other room Isabella takes a breath and kids on that she's fine There are ration books to process, orders to arrange Isabella soldiers on though everything has changed Sorry about Davey, 39's no age at all He never even let on he was ill She keeps her hands from trembling, keeps her posture tall Isabella rings another purchase through the till Sympathies extended, pleasantries exchanged Isabella soldiers on though everything has ch