Which Butlins, Ally?
That's really nice, Jackie always sounds like a really fab friend to have!
My oldest friend is Rob. He's 17 days older than me, our Moms were best friends and neighbours (we actually moved house from opposite them when I was a toddler and they followed a couple of years later to live three doors away). There are pictures of us as newborns in a pram together
He's married to Ruth who I now also count as a very dear friend, love them both to bits (and their daughters too!) By some twist of fate, history repeated itself when their oldest daughter was born three days before Tom. They've grown up as good friends too!