Lottie smiled at Anne's question as Lottie's younger self joined them at the table.

"Oh Gawd yes. I was about yer age, livin' in the Cragg. Ye couldn't 'ave paid me a fortune ta marry. Me mother despaired, called me 'eadstrong when I kept sayin' no ta the fisher boys. Grotty, and smelly they were, with rovin' 'ands too. Neville Dixon, he was the worse.. Ta get away, I 'ad to move up north and got a job in a mill." She shook her head with a smile at the memory from long ago.

"It was my life, Anne. I made a choice back then, I did what I wanted for me. I wasn't goin' ta be forced into anythin'. I eventually made different choices that brought me back, but they were my choices too."