Games have never been as available or free as some think

The Heaney house on the Fair Hill in Maghera wasn’t exactly a palatial spread, but it did the job.

We never had a new car, and whatever cars we owned were never washed. That job was left to the rain.

My father, who was raised on a farm, has always struggled with the concept of land being used for decorative purposes. Suffice to say, our garden wouldn’t have won many prizes at the Chelsea Flower Show.