Catherine.

For my Mum Sunday is Columbo Day! So, when it my weekend with Mum, we watch back-to-back Columbo.

When I am at home, for me it is Catherine Cookson Day! it makes no difference how many times I have watched them.

It gives me a view of what life was like back then.  It was hard for the rich, and the poor. Life was difficult for men, women, and kids!

When I was single and living on my own, I would borrow Catherine Cookson from the library and listen to her stories on cassettes, for when I did the ironing.

Years later, after I got married, I loved watching the films.

I also love the old song at the end, this is in more than one of her films, it is called “The Boatman.”

In one of her films, they have a young actress and an older actress, and it is a good match, a good lookalike. It turns out, that they are sisters in real life.

Honeysuckle and Perdita, they have unusual names along with their brother.

I was thinking about the name Perdita, and wondered what it meant, for I’m sure their parents chose their names with great care.

What’s in a name? Perdita comes from the Latin word meaning, lost or abandoned. The name Perdita can also mean ruin or decay. No matter which way I looked at it, it didn’t seem to compare to Honeysuckle.

I looked a little further into the name, and it is from Shakespear so that made a bit more sense.

The name Perdita is also found in the film, “101 Dalmatians.” It is the name of a dog.

I don’t recognize her face, as much as her sister Honeysuckle, because I don’t watch films that she is in.

Honeysuckle is in Catherine Cookson films and the fantastic Foyle’s War.