A SELF-ISOLATING couple have made the best of their situation by collecting an incredible range of artistic sticky notes from their daughter. James and Christine Currie, 79 and 70 of Darwen, were first told that they would need to self-isolate on March 18 2020 due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. While being cut off from friends and family would be hard for anyone, the Curries daughter Alison hit on an inventive way to keep in contact with her parents thanks to her Dad's Lancashire Telegraph crossword habit. A selection of Alison Currie's sticky note drawings Alison said: "One of the constants in my Dad's daily life is doing the crossword in the Lancashire Telegraph so obviously one of the first things he said was "What about my papers?"