Back in the day when we wore sponge rollers in bed, it was incredibly annoying that although they were comfortable to sleep in, one roller would always come out during the night. You would wake up with curly hair and one straight piece.

I saw a brilliant idea in a magazine – take some old tights, cut off the legs and put the nicker bit over your rollers to keep them in place while sleeping. They wouldn’t come out – hair perfect in the morning. What a brilliant idea, can’t remember what my first husband thought about that!

One day at work we had an important meeting, the ‘important people’ had seats, and the less important staff had to stand around the edge of the room (this included me).

I was leaning against the wall and could feel something pushing against my back. I had a shirtwaister dress on and asked my colleague quietly at the side of me to check down my dress. I have a voice like a foghorn, and she didn’t do discreet, so between us, everyone had turned around to look.

She put her hand down the back of my dress and pull out the top of the tights I had been wearing over my rollers in bed. The end of the legs tied in a knot. I couldn’t even start to explain.