My name is Sheila White. I was born in Wheatley Hill in 1935 to Ethel and Billy Jacob. I had 2 brothers and 3 sisters.

I married Tommy White, also from Wheatley Hill, in 1955. We had 2 children Carol and Derek.

Carol married and has 2 children Malcolm and Sharon; they all now live in Dorset. Derek lives in Southern Ireland.

Tommy, my husband, died while on holiday in Egypt in 1997.

I have been a member of Wheatley Hill Mothers Club for 43 yrs and have been a committee member for most of them.

My sister Doreen Turnbull and my mother-in-law Hannah White were 2 of it's founder members, so the Mothers Club has played a major part in the life of myself, my husband and children, as I have lots of friends there who have helped me cope with my life.