Hawkesy and me (Banks a Million)

What a legend this woman was. I know that it is very common in recent years to refer to someone as a legend or Lege but this woman.... What a legend!!!!!!
Twas the summer of 1989 when Millicent Banks (Milli) brightened our lives . She turned up en spec and asked if we had a room for the night. We did. My step mother walked out to the sun lounge to offer Miss Banks a cup of tea. Milli said that this would be nice but that she didn't have any money. My step mother believing that she meant she didn't have any change told her that this wouldn't be a problem. Soon she realised that this woman didn't have any money. She certainly wouldn't be able to pay for the room.
This was the start of a beautiful friendship. We let her stay as she was old and coz she told us that the government would pay. She stayed for 8 years.
Milli was about 70. She had a fur coat, bleached blonde hair and red stilletoes. The classy type.
She regularly heard voices. One day she came down from her room to ask my dad where her cheque was. Apparently the voices had told her that she had won the football pools. She doesn't do them but she was adamant that she was a millionaire.
She also had a tendancy to complain about the state of the teabags. She used to complain that they were "doggy" whatever that means. To combat these unwanted complaints, my dad found a piece of string and tied it around the "doggy" teabag. He then preceded to drag it along behind him (right in front of Milli) saying "walkies". She saw the funny side.
On another occasion my Dad was walking through our dining room at Christmas when he noticed a very ugly/dirty Christmas card on the piano. He curiously took a peak to find that it read. To The Jones Family Wishing you a very Happy Christmas Love Millicent Banks and George De Villier. George De Villier was apparently her fiance who died in World War II.
Unfortunately nobody seems to know where she is now. Maybe she left town or maybe she just died. All I know is the last time we saw her she said that she had to leave the hawkesy because the voices had told her to.
Goodnight Milli, Wherever you are.