The cupboard under the stairs in Jennifer’s house was where her Mummy and Daddy kept the cleaning things. The vacuum cleaner, the cloths and shoe brushes and polish. And there were old coats and scarfs, and walking boots, and crumpled hats on pegs.

It was also where Daddy kept cardboard boxes full of his collection of old bottles. Dusty old bottles that used to be full of sauces or medicine, but were now just empty and dusty.