| Place of birth: Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. |
| Favourite place or view in the North East: Marsden Beach |
| First record you bought: "Walk Tall" by Val Doonican (for my Mum's birthday!) |
| Previous jobs: I worked in the heavy haulage industry for 10 years. |
| Good memories: The smell of diesel engines on a cold damp night when moving a huge load under police escort. |
| Bad memories: When the load gets stuck on a roundabout or under a bridge! |
| Best thing about working in radio: I get to talk to so many interesting people...both guests and listeners |
| Most interesting person you have interviewed for radio: A close run thing between Donny Osmond, Bruce Welch of the Shadows and the listener from Durham who played me "When The Saints Go Marching In" on a teapot! |
| Best thing about your show: Talking to listeners with unusual stories to tell. |
| Person you would most enjoy being stuck in a lift with: My neighbour... he's a lift engineer! |
| Favourite party game: Postman's Knock. |
| Where you are when you get most of your inspiration or creative thoughts: Lying in bed in the early hours of the morning while my head's still buzzing after a busy show. |
| Funny sayings you like to use: "There's a duck off somewhere!" |
| Proudest achievement: Postman's Knock...getting a kiss from a girl called Rosalie (we were both five)...and a Sony Radio Award for the Tall Ships Race was nice too. |
| Where you like to go for quiet moments: On to my mountain bike ... and sometimes I take it out for a ride! |
| Memories of teachers at school: A dinner lady called Janet who I was in love with (and I think she fancied me). |
| Favourite playground game or rhyme: Postman's Knock. |
| Any habits, annoying or otherwise: Forgetting to turn the coffee machine off! |
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| E-mail Jon |
