JEREMY CLARKSON and ME !!!!

Shirley Clarkson, the mother of the famous JEREMY CLARKSON talking about her life, success and daughter with ME in The Times on June 8, 2008:

"Immaculately dressed, Bill kept the office spotless and bought lots of pretty
ringbinders, notebooks and files. But he was useless. Instead of taking pressure off Eddie and me, he merely added to it.

Betty, our bookkeeper, was miffed at Bill's dusting (don't ask) and handed in her notice.

Eddie was laid up in bed suffering from a bad back.

Jeremy was wreaking havoc at Repton, his school;

and Joanna was home with her third bout of ME, sitting in a chair staring into space, hardly having the energy to breathe. (Don't ever let anyone tell you that ME is all in the mind. It's real, it's debilitating and it's frightening.) To top it all, the factory inspector was threatening to close us down because the magnetic catches on our stuffing machine didn't conform to health and safety specifications."