Lesley Ure – Life as a submariner’s partner with a young baby

So we moved to Glasgow when I was 20 and we had my first son Callum when I was 21, so he was born in Glasgow. Midge and I didn’t get married for another 11 years. I don’t think he was home long enough to plan a wedding.

I don’t think we ever knew when he was coming home so we spent about I think it was just under 3 years in Glasgow. After having Callum, I went back to work really early.

I think Callum was only about 7 months because it’s very lonely. You know, when you have a baby, you’re so restricted for the first time and his family would be working and he was obviously be on duties. Sometimes because of the duties you wouldn’t see him for 2 days and I would just be on my own.

I think I remember going some days going 2 days without speaking to anybody, having no social contact which was really sad really. I suppose if I’d lived on a married patch, or Armed Forces accommodations sorry, I would have had that community, but I never have, so it was quite isolating.