If a question was asked about war debts in Communist bloc countries, I would get the files together and write a short answer. She didn't know that I knew and I didn't say anything either; we kept up the pretence right to the end It was the biggest pain I have ever had in my life I had followed her here from Jamaica when I was 10. There was no family in this country except one aunt in Stockwell, so I felt terribly alone. To cope with the trauma, I played a lot of sports and kept myself very busy.Looking back, I realise I was searching for something, I just didn't know what.

I was 20 and working at the Treasury in Whitehall as a clerical officer. In 1993, Bill Murray starred in the film Groundhog Day and fame was assured.. The time: 1968

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The place: West Hampstead The man: Errol Brown of Hot ChocolateMy mother had just died, and being an only child from a broken family, I was very bruised from the experience It was breast cancer and she had been sick for two years. Although the doctor told me she was dying, she kept it a secret.

And so Candlemas Day became Groundhog Day - especially in the little town of Punxsutawney, which at the turn of the century declared itself the "Weather Capital of the World" and built a special home for its favourite groundhog on Gobbler's Knob. There are, however, no hedgehogs in the Americas, but the groundhog - which was already revered by native Americans - was a good substitute. The weather on that date was considered an important omen for the rest of the winter:"If Candlemas be fair and bright,Come, winter, have another flightIf Candlemas brings clouds and rain,Go, winter, and come not again.The ancient Germans translated that tradition into a belief that if the hedgehog saw its shadow on Candlemas Day, then winter would continue for another six weeks - which was the tale the original German settlers brought with them to Pennsylvania. According to Bill Cooper, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, what Phil had said translated as: "As El Nino approaches our western shore and changes the weather patterns, I see my shadow.