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| Sheila: | Well that was why I started bowling. Because, when the kids got past secondary school and blah blah and [name], he was away a lot. |
| Interviewer: | Yeah. |
| Sheila: | A lot, a lot and I thought |
| Douglas: | What am I gonna dae? |
| Sheila: | "well what am I gonna do?" So I thought and I didnae-- I wasnae even interested. I thought well "I'll go down and give this bowling a-- a shot and see if I like it, I'll probably no like it. I'll-- I'll better try." |
| Interviewer: | And loved it and then this is you. |
| Sheila: | Clicked. |
| Interviewer: | Yeah. |
| Douglas: | Oh want to see-- |
| Sheila: | Clicked, absolutely clicked. |
| Douglas: | you want to see the trophies she's got up the stair there, there a whole cabinet full of trophies. She's good, and-- and a good player aye. |
| Interviewer: | It's good to-- it's-- |
| Sheila: | Aye my bowling-- my bowling was good for me. |
| Douglas: | Aye. |
| Interviewer: | Mhm. |
| Sheila: | Aye it was-- it was good for me because [name] was away so much and then after he died, it was especially good for me. |
| Douglas: | Aye. |
| Interviewer: | Yeah, mhm, something to-- |
| Sheila: | Aye. |
| Interviewer: | Or that normality, that sort of |
| Sheila: | Oh aye. |
| Interviewer: | routine that you-- |
| Sheila: | Aye, oh aye the bowling did wonders for me. |
| Douglas: | I think he was a bit peeved at times when [name] used to win mare than him. |
| Sheila: | "I taught her all she knew." |
| Douglas: | Aye. |
