| Place of birth: Sunderland, at the General Hospital (now The Royal). |
| Favourite place or view in the North East: Looking out of my bedroom window I can see along the seafront in Seaburn. When the sun shines it looks wonderful! I also love Hamsterly Forest - many a holiday spent at my grandparents' caravan as a girl. |
| First record you bought: "Ebony And Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - 75p from Woolies...oh dear... |
| Previous jobs: Stacks! Selling pies at football matches, working in a clothes shop, youthworker, bar maid, call centre...I spent some time as a teacher for a theatre company too. Eventually I thought I would give radio a try! |
| Best thing about working in radio: Every day is different...it's a great job! The chance to have fun, play great music and make people happy with prizes and birthday wishes. |
| Most interesting person you have interviewed for radio: Matt Goss and Myleen Klass who were both lovely, but Rick Waller needed a sense of humour transplant! |
| Best thing about your show: Knowing that we have a little gang on Early Breakfast. Some people are listening as they wake up, some as they go to bed at the end of a night shift. It's such a mix we never know what calls or texts are going to come in! |
| Who you would most enjoy being stuck in a lift with: The old Hollywood glamour girls...Audrey and Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe...just think of the juicy gossip they could share! |
| Where you are when you get most of your inspiration or creative thoughts: Often on the way to or from work...or just as I am dozing off in bed. |
| Funny sayings you like to use: "I have champagne tastes and lemonade pockets". Unfortunately, that saying is a bit too close for comfort. |
| Proudest achievement: Without doubt, my daughter. |
| Where you go for quiet moments: Hello!?! With a toddler around the house, quiet times are few and far between...until we manage to get her to bed! |
| Memories of teachers at school: There were a couple of nice teachers...but I remember one teacher who had these awful brogue shoes and you could here him coming from 100 yards away! And there was a supply teacher who was the subject of many jokes by the naughty boys. |
| Favourite playground game: We used to play british bull dog on our estate when I was little. I remember the cuts and bruises particularly well - and for that reason I'm sure it's not that popular now. |
| Any habits, annoying or otherwise: Don't EVER leave the room when we're watching TV - I have a habit of changing the channel (as I ALWAYS have the remote control, of course!). |
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