Family
First Written by
Miranda Cook
Pearl Bygraves could have travelled the expected path for a young woman born in 1923 and become a stay-at-home mother. But her determination to give her five children a better life has seen her overcome many adversities during a century, 38
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including leaving an abusive marriage and working jobs where she’d spend long days and nights on her feet in corner shops, fruit stalls and petrol stations — often with her young children in tow. Her hard-working nature is at the heart of her family’s deep-
