A woman who, with her lesbian partner, runs the town paper shop. She and her partner are kind to Jeanette, and offer her sweets, but when Jeanette tells her mother that the women have invited her to the seaside for the weekend, Jeanette’s mother forbids her from returning to the shop. As Jeanette grows older, she and her mother run into Ida quite frequently, and Jeanette’s mother is just barely tolerant of Ida’s presence.