Mum was full of love for her children and grand children. Proud of our achievements; forgiving of our failures. Memories of her smile, kiss and cuddle will never be forgotten. She was quiet in her own way but when we went up the town with her in Maldon there was always a string of people to stop and chat with. At times it seemed that she knew everyone. Mum welcomed our friends into her home, we might have been cramped for space but the welcome was always enormous. You might not have had much but you were always so generous. I remember the jigsaws that got everyone involved; the walks across the prom, playing board games, the radio with some music in the background and her singing. How Mum loved singing and dancing. She would recount how she met Dad at a dance at the Swan Hotel. She loved walking in the countryside and I remember walking miles as a child, picking blackberries, visiting relatives and just chatting. Mum was early to rise and very hard working. She would often recount with pride how she worked for John Sadd & Son and later Boulton and Paul, but I remember too the fruit picking and pea picking, jobs that meant she could look after us. Her love for us all was so evident. Her company was pleasurable. Her care was exemplary. Mum was one in a million. There is a saying that you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. Mum we wouldn’t have swapped you. You were priceless.

Thank you for setting up this memorial to Louie Jamieson. We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.