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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GladiusNP" data-source="post: 786494" data-attributes="member: 10574">Bert's Neighbour.The neighbour of Bert and Linda Carson, Glenda Ashcroft runs a small food-stall.  She lost her husband, a labourer who worked on the docks, four years ago, and was left a widow at the age of forty-eight.  Though they never had children of their own, Glenda and William (her husband) were favourites of the street’s children.  Even nowadays, with Glenda having much less money, she still gives children a free sticky roll or mug of cider.  Glenda has curly grey hair, which she usually wears under a scarf, especially when she’s working.  She dresses in practical work-dresses and usually wears an apron, which is well-worn but clean.  She has warm brown eyes and a ready smile, and still has a girlish laugh.  She often talks with customers, and recognizes nearly all of her patrons.  As a widow, Glenda has had to support herself by running a small bakery / food house from the front of her house.  Since her former living room had a large window onto the street, she began to sell soup, rolls, biscuits and various sweets to passer-bys.  Bert, using leftover stock, set-up a small counter along the sill of the window, and gave Glenda six stools which he made.  Early each morning, Glenda opens up, after baking rolls / pastries in her small oven.  She also makes soup, which she sells in loaves of bread.  Quite a few labourers regularly stop at Glenda’s, and most days Bert comes over to eat lunch with her.  Due to this, Glenda is pretty well protected – some of the labourers have already ‘had a word’ to people hanging about Glenda – namely a baker who tried to shut her down.  She also keeps an eye on some of the young men – who learn very quickly not to come by if they’re hung-over.  Balarous (see NPC thread) has also been known to stop by – though he usually brings his own drinks.Glenda doesn’t charge too much, and sells mugs of cider (mildly alcoholic, and mulled during winter), bread rolls (some baked with cheese, others without), meat and vegetable soup in loaves of bread, and pastries / pasties with a variety of fillings, including black-current tarts, and cheese, bacon and mushroom pasties.  Most days, around breakfast and lunchtime, there is a small line, and the seats are full up.  During the quieter afternoon and morning, Glenda usually bakes what she can for the lunchtime/next day.  Glenda usually closes at about five o’clock, since some of the people who live on the street buy pastries each night (to eat after dinner).   Glenda Ashcroft, female human Com1 (Cook): CR 1/4; ECL 1; Medium-size Humanoid (human); HD 1d4-1; hp 1; Init +0; Spd 30 ft; AC 9; Melee unarmed strike +0 (1d3); AL NG; SV Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +0; Str 6, Dex 9, Con 8, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 13*.  Feats:  Skill Focus (Profession, Cook), Endurance. Skills; Profession (Housewife) +6, Profession (Cook) +8.*Taking into account aging penalties/bonuses.  Originally were Str 7, Dex 10, Con 9, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 12(Edit - added plot-hooks)</blockquote>

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