Gloria

Gloria is 87 and was heading to Holy Trinity Church on Clapham Common when I took this shot.

She was born in Jamaica and came to live in Coventry when she was small because her dad, who was in the RAF, was based there.

She worked for most of her life in The Department of Social Security as a clerical officer. She had four daughters, but sadly, one died at 56 from brain cancer.

One of her daughters bought her the walking stick after she had a fall. Gloria was wearing her high-heels at the time and tripped when she was rushing to cross the road. She loved those high-heels and told me that she would be wearing them today if she hadn’t had that fall.