"It's a long, long way to Tipperary,  But my heart's right there!..."

It's past noontime. We're seated inside a Bandra flat at the inaugural shoot for The Forgotten Stew, a documentary on Mumbai's sparse Anglo Indian community. Hazel Branch, the 95-year-old school music teacher, chides her accompanying guitarist, cartoonist Keith Francis that he's gone off-key as they sing out the Jack Judge classic — a favourite singalong tune at family get-togethers. We're in splits.

Helen Branch, the 95-year-old music teacher, enjoys spending time with her students

The wonder years
Wit intact, Branch jogs her razor-sharp memory with nuggets of nostalgia from the 'good ole' days, as scriptwriter and producer Cheryll Tucker eases her into an informal Q&A session. "I remember the lamplighters passing by our streets at 7 pm. It was a sign for us to stop playing Catching Cook or Aatya-Patya, and to return home, like good children!" Branch's father worked at the Bombay Port Trust and the family lived in Wadala, in 'lovely quarters'.