Extraordinary midlife stories: from care to Lord Mayor
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Donna Ludford, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, has refused to let growing up in care, surviving neglect, abuse and parental rejection define her. Instead she’s broken the cycle to create a successful career and happy family life. She shares her remarkable story and life lessons with Lorraine and Trish.
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| 0:00.0 | Exciting news, hold the front page, Lorraine, things are happening in the garden. |
| 0:06.2 | Well, you know, twitching, twitching beyond my greatest expectations. |
| 0:12.8 | A woodpecker, we've had a woodpecker in my little London postage stamp garden. |
| 0:18.5 | And obviously I sort of was kind of jumping up and down, very excised about it. |
| 0:23.2 | I don't know what to say about this. |
| 0:26.4 | It was being carnation of you as a bird watcher. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm just hoping it doesn't come to me. |
| 0:32.8 | Wow, I can certainly find a little bit of wow and wonder at the world. |
| 0:37.4 | But just seeing a little woodpecker, it was a bit confused, though, |
| 0:40.4 | because we don't really have any trees in our garden. |
| 0:42.2 | So it landed on the one next door, which is a funny palm tree. |
| 0:45.6 | It started pecking at a palm tree, which was slightly unusual. |
| 0:50.1 | Anyway, it's made my day. |
| 0:51.7 | Do you know who's going to get it, don't you? |
| 0:54.0 | Oh, right, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 0:57.2 | No, she won't, the woodpecker canna pay, she'll be having, |
| 1:00.8 | or she drags that giant rat she kills in. |
| 1:08.6 | Hello, welcome to postcards from Midlife. |
| 1:11.3 | I'm Lorraine Candy. |
| 1:12.7 | I'm Trish Halpin, and we're on a mission to help you make the most of your magnificent midlife. |
| 1:17.6 | We'll be tackling everything from mind and body wellness to HRT and your sex drive. |
| 1:22.6 | Lorraine and I are here to help you have a stylish second act |
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