I first met Judith in 1975 when were training as nurses at Manchester Royal Infirmary Judith was a few sets above me but we both later trained to be midwives. Judith did not enjoy midwifery and went on to be a district nurse in Manchester. We kept in touch over the years and spent a number of enjoyable family holidays together. Also I have lovely memories of the weekends we spent with our other nurse friend Barbara. We all had young children so it was lovely to get away for a short break. We visited various cities and spent a memorable murder weekend at a hotel in Cheltenham. We had lots of laughs . She was such a good friend.