Well now, get yourself a cup of tea and a few biccies and we shall begin.....
Betty's story is a roller coaster which began the day she was born.....
Betty came into this world too soon, much too soon and she wasn't ready! Her mother was very poorly, her father was very poorly and the doctors were unsure and made mistakes.... But little Betty wasn't having any of it! and survived her heart stopping two times and three violent seizures in her first night of existence..... It left her scarred and damaged beyond repair, she would not be like "normal" little girls, she would not be like "normal" teenagers, she would not be like "normal" women.
And she never will be.....
Betty grew up in the fringes of Berkshire and the outskirts of West London , her childhood was on the face of it quite ordinary, except that she had cerebral palsy and a mad, dysfunctional and hippy family both of which things helped her stand out amongst the aveage citizens of 1970's Britain.
Betty 's love of music and singing, performing , story telling and taking to the stage has been a life long one; as is her love of communicating, talking, discussing, and exploring the concepts of the human mind, society and relationships. She has in her time had a rollercoaster of a life, from her early teens she faced bullying and obtuse bigotry; she endured 16 years of domestic abuse before finally finding the cataylst to spark her revolution and emerging into the public eye.
Betty is a romantic soul, she can be both highly emotional and a hardened pragmatist, she find the world a dramatic place and is not always comfortable in it. She is in rapturous love with the beauties, wonders and treasures it can hold and is devastated by the injustices and destructive , harmful things she sees in it. She is a firm believer in the importance of being and endeavours to create a world where peace , respect and positivity , where life is valued and autonomy and individualism is encouraged and lessons learned from the dreadful mistakes we all have made.
She is also as daft as a brush and actively encourages all she meets to develop and encourage their silly side, see the humour in the darkest of situations, be unafraid and childlike , honest and confident, there is so much to be enjoyed .
The House of Betty that is Betty Woz Ere , was established in August 2005 and she has set up camp in various locations , in a literal sense and on the internet before arriving here.
Betty herself now lives in the suburbs, The sampler in the porch of Chez WozEre reads "Joy , health, love and peace be all here in this place" from there, she galivants about the country when it takes her fancy , performing and getting on her soapbox, attention seeking and indulging in a life of glamour and excitement before getting a taxi home and writing and creating songs to tell everyone all about it.