Meeting at an ante-natal class run by the NCT in July 2003, Claire Walby, 54, remembers being drawn to “glamorous” Adrienne Cohen, when she entered the room in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Recently moving there from London with her partner, she hardly knew anyone and mums at the primary school where she was teaching, alongside studying, advised her to join NCT classes. She says: “I remember being nervous going in. But I met around nine other couples and everyone was really friendly.” Celebrating