[name_f]Beulah[/name_f] [name_f]Muriel[/name_f] Flannigan, nee [name_u]Parker[/name_u] (80) is one of Corinna’s closest friends who’s known the fellow grandmother since the pair had started their first secretarial jobs many years ago. Seeing how much her old son’s alcoholism impacted her dear friend upset [name_f]Beulah[/name_f] greatly, and she’s done all in her power to support [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] through these difficult times; including making it clear her home is always open to [name_u]Jojo[/name_u] and her brother in case their grandma wants some time to herself. She’s felt very thankful to see her own three children - two sons and a daughter - have relatively stable, happy lives once they’d left home and set out into the world, albeit saddens her that her youngest child moved to Manchester with their partner, meaning in-person visits are infrequent.
The rest of Beulah’s family have remained in the same town as her and this is something she takes a great deal of comfort in - especially after losing her beloved husband, [name_u]Walter[/name_u], 6 years ago following an extensive battle with cancer. She’s soon going to become a great-grandmother, something she’s delighted about, and two of her other grandsons attend the same high school as [name_u]Jojo[/name_u] - who’d die if she knew how [name_f]Beulah[/name_f] and [name_f]Corinna[/name_f] once conspired to set them up, although this naturally came to an end once the young woman came out as gay. One of Beulah’s own grandkids came out as trans about a year ago and she’s been nothing but supportive of this, as her own brother was disowned by their parents after he came out and she refuses to see any kind of bigotry go unchecked or ignored.