One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table – Samsa was a travelling salesman – and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.
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Learning from deaths in care by Alicia Wood
text to come One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table – Samsa was a travelling salesman – and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.
Laura Booth
Laura Booth was a smiley, happy young lady who her family called their sunshine. She could light up a room with her smile. This photo shows her with a cup and crown on her 21st birthday after winning at 10 pin bowling.
Edward Hartley
Edward Hartley’s favourite song was DJ Otzi’s Hey Baby – he used to have it on repeat on his karaoke machine and he’d sing along again, again and again. He loved food, eating out from fast food to fine dining, unsurprisingly for an 18 year old he loved girls particularly blonde haired girls, fast cars, noisy engines, combine harvesters, rainbows, the colour yellow, chatter and laughter.
Richard Handley
Richard Handley loved theme parks, theatre classes, watching Mr Bean and tickling toes. He was known for his mischievous sense of humour.
Danny Tozer
Danny Tozer was a much loved family member and friend. He enjoyed travel, playing piano, visiting cafes and pubs, being outdoors and ran the York 10k the month before he died.