(1) Someone came up and accused my gran of being uncaring.

(2) She has always been an inspiration to me and if I become a gran , I would want to be just like her.

(3) When they were little, he used to take them out every Sunday to their gran 's house and I encouraged that.

(4) Straight after the ceremony she rushed to ring her gran , Connie, 75, who was awaiting her call in Swindon.

(5) It was not going to be the easiest of visits - her gran is quite seriously ill - but she was looking forward to seeing her nevertheless.

(6) Mrs Browner's love of perennials and petunias began when her gran gave her a patch of garden to look after as a child.

(7) We didn't have a piano in the house, so I'd go down to my gran 's to practise on hers.

(8) My gran and grandad gave me a brilliant upbringing and I felt successful at school even if I failed.

(9) The doting gran watched from the side as Jackie and Robyn splashed about in the waves then took out her camera to record the moment for posterity.

(10) But I know my gran would have wanted me to work hard and to do well at school.

(11) His gran gave him a bourbon cream and some orange juice instead.

(12) The chips reminded me of the home-made ones my gran used to make: they were irregular in size and a nice browny-gold colour.

(13) I'm not your gran, am I?

(14) The pair have fond memories of the rural oasis where they spent their summer holidays chasing cows and picking blackberries for their gran 's jam.

(15) In the magazine survey, almost three quarters of grans said being a grandparent was better than being a parent.

(16) You actually want to stop the kids and their grans having a day out?

(17) Grannies today are far removed from grans who were around two decades ago.

(18) And single grans firmly believe that age is no barrier to romance.

(19) Every need is catered for from young children to grans and grandads.

(20) Everyone else, from children to grans and granddads, looked like they knew what they were doing.