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Women in One

Listen to audio snapshots of women of all ages and backgrounds as they answer personal questions about their life, love, childhood and fears and confess what makes them tick. 鈥榃omen in One鈥� is a series of short interviews with the strangers reporter Abigail Hollick bumps into all over the UK.

鈥淚鈥檓 actually working out here for 35 pence鈥�

Working to make ends meet when unemployment & staying at home makes more financial sense.
鈥淚 feel like giving up every day鈥�

Finishing University as the oldest student when you have been out of school for 23 years.
鈥淢y Aunt became my guardian after my Mum died鈥�

Coping with the death of a parent and learning not to bottle feelings up.
鈥淚鈥檓 about to move to Australia tomorrow鈥�

Emigrating to Australia and loving living in limbo.
鈥淚 used to dance traditional Mexican dance鈥�

Moving from Mexico to Glasgow to be with her husband and wanting a baby.
鈥淚鈥檝e been housebound and bedridden鈥�

Life with ME, struggling to get a diagnosis and coping with unbearable pain.
鈥淚 felt fat or I felt ugly鈥�

Deciding women should be allowed to express anger and show their emotions.
鈥淚鈥檝e always been the one that has taken a slightly different path鈥�

Coping with the pressure to settle down and have kids.
鈥淚鈥檓 doing a sign language class鈥�

Wanting to teach children with learning difficulties and behavioural problems.
鈥淟ast year I lost my husband鈥�

Moving from India to Scotland and coping with loneliness and missing her husband.
鈥淪ometimes white people are favoured more than the black person is鈥�

Growing up in Zimbabwe and fighting for women鈥檚 rights and children鈥檚 rights.
鈥淪he is the reason I get up鈥�

Loving her ten year old daughter and growing up with her customers at the bakery.
鈥�8 years ago I stopped drinking鈥�

Growing up in Australia, learning to be a good Mum and giving up alcohol.
鈥淚t kind of made me a feminist鈥�

Growing up in India and dealing with a difficult Father.
鈥業 don鈥檛 want her to grow up and think there is a difference between us and other races鈥�

Trying to bring up children with values, morals and empathy.
鈥楾hey鈥檝e just began to start talking again: 20 years later鈥�

Illness and time brings parents back on speaking terms.
鈥業鈥檇 just forgotten what it was like to be out in nature鈥�

Escaping to the country to release new creativity.
鈥業t鈥檚 a great place to be Planet Earth鈥�

A 50/50 life expectancy leads to an optimism about life.
鈥榃e had a lot of mickey taken out of us, calling us 鈥渇oreigners go home鈥濃€�

Escaping the Hungarian Revolution and coping with local nicknames.
鈥業鈥檇 had a brain haemorrhage at the main artery at the back of my brain鈥�

Brain trauma leads to a new perspective.
鈥業 have kissed a lot of Princes but I got a frog now鈥�

Owning a business keeps you going when your prince charming disappears.
鈥楾hey killed everything we had in the Foot and Mouth鈥�

Surviving an epidemic and rebuilding a family farming business.
鈥極ur mother was never meant to be a mother鈥�

Growing up with a mother who yearned for the single life.
鈥業鈥檝e got two grandchildren and they don鈥檛 want to know me鈥�

Dealing with estrangement and a recipe for 55 years of happy marriage.

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