Olive's daughters wouldn't touch the pie. Eileen, the eldest, had recently decided that she was going to save every animal on the planet and wouldn't touch the meat inside. Barbara, however, would eat anything you put in front of her, except pastry. Godfrey had a delicate stomach and was prone to constipation if his mother fed him anything too heavy, and Olive herself was desperately trying to keep her svelte figure intact. No matter how tempting the pie looked, and smelled, she just couldn't risk it, family genetics dictated that one slice would result in an inch of excess fat around her waist. No, Olive had to resist. Nevertheless, she wasn't one to waste good food, so the meat and potato pie would stay wrapped and Geoff could take it to the foundry with him to share with his workmates t
