Tag: grandmothers

A grandmother’s 80-year-old diary documents opening of D-Day

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – A single sentence in the fading pages of Louise Hamel’s diary documents the first moments of the day that would become a turning point in World War II. Tuesday, June 6, 1944. “Les Americans débarque en France,” read Hamel’s diary entry, seemingly written too quickly for proper accents and grammar. The English […]

Wolverhampton grandmother’s abusers caught by hidden camera

Two sisters caught four care workers abusing their 89-year-old grandmother after hiding a camera in her bedroom. Danielle Hinsley and her sister Rebecca became suspicious after Beryl Wall’s behaviour changed and she began to get bruises on her face and wrists. Like a scene from the hugely popular Netflix drama Fool Me Once, they put […]