Suz Evasdaughter was born in January 1952, the second child of Arthur, a farmer, and his young wife, Betty. Growing up with an older brother, also called Arthur, and a younger sibling, Nicky, her early life was idyllic. ‘We lived in a North Yorkshire village and I went scrumping for apples with my older brother in the fields and played skipping with my mam.
I was so secure and happy.’ But it was when she was nursing baby Nicky that Suz’s mum, Betty, discovered a lump in her breast.
The doctor dismissed it as mastitis and the family moved to Huddersfield so Arthur could get a better job to support the family of five. ‘When Nicky was two, Mam stopped being able to pick me up, or play games.
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