Then again in April 1974 according to Mr. Park, Carol packed a bag and left once more, but came back on the same night. He accepted, however, that on these occasions when Carol had left for more than a few hours, he had known where she had gone, which was different from the final occasion in 1976. He told you that in spite of these comings and goings, he loved Carol. He could not understand what was going on. He was devastated he told us by the discovery of the affair with Mr. Foster. They had a young family and appeared to have everything to live for, as he saw it. He wanted her back and tried to make the marriage work.
Well, we then come to September 1974 to August 1975, and the longer separation. That was when she went to live with David Brierley. She had met him at Keele in the Summer of 1974. The children spoke a bit about this in their evidence, although they were quite young. They remember driving a long way to see their mother, and they spent one holiday with her away from home. Jeremy also remembered seeing his mother at his grandmother's house, Nana Price as he called her. He told you some of the details he remembered about that time; the house with the fields at the back. The man's name Dave and Dave's brown leather jacket. He recalled playing with Dave's son and sisters, and his sisters. He described somewhat graphically the last day of the holiday when his mother was in the kitchen making cakes. He went to a park without her. He said he remembered needing her and feeling homesick, and before leaving he recalled seeing a tear on his mother's face and feeling a sense of rejection. He did not recall on that occasion how he had got back to Barrow.