Bag Quote by Karen Carney

“She was a mystery package to be unravelled in the nicest possible way.”

— Francine Howarth

My dad was a civil servant before he retired, and my mum worked, too. We could not always get three meals in a day;…

— Nwankwo Kanu

My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star.

— Patsy Kensit

Mum worked nonstop, doing two, sometimes three, jobs throughout the 80s.

— David Lammy

I grew up in a one-bedroom flat with my mum. She worked hard and then got a terraced house - nothing fancy. My mum…

— Rochelle Humes

We didn't always have what we wanted or needed, we had to struggle. That is why I also thank God for my mum -…

— Odion Ighalo

My mum worked every hour there was in a supermarket, my dad around the clock as a security guard. I was lucky in that…

— Miguel Almiron

We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my mum worked…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar

My grandma divorced my granddad and became a finance manager to get her own house, and my mum worked very hard to make sure…

— Jade Bird

I'm still hungry. I'm still striving... You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always…

— Dillian Whyte

I have a humble background. My dad was a coal miner. My mum worked a receptionist. I was one of the first people in…

— Gail Bradbrook

Mum worked for a London dressmaker before she married. When she was forced to give up work after her marriage, she carried on dressmaking…

— Vera Lynn