The building where I live and work was purchased by my mother in 1970 when she was only 23 years old. Or maybe “saved” is a better word: It had been abandoned for 10 years and nobody wanted to buy it. It had no central heating, was generally in a state of disrepair — and the garden had been completely neglected for decades.
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