Behind

 He was vaguely aware that behind her generous and loving exterior, his mother actively shielded A hardened interior. He knew, by lore, his Mother’s own background and up bringing had toughened her. She never showed anything but empathy and  love. But just occasionally, there’d  be a chink in the armour, when he went too far and scratched it. In those brief glimpses, he saw his grandmother, his great grandmother, and his great great grandmother before her.

Stemming from a very old East End family His grandparents ambition for a better quality of life had moved them 40 miles outside London. To areas dominated by Greater London Council Estates built to house overspill from the city. whole towns, transformed by massive housing Estates and the influx of Londoners. Councils welcoming with open arms, community centres, and sports halls that came with them. While native residents viewed them with suspicion.

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