The first thing everyone should know about me is that I’m no good at writing things like this, so I’m just going to start off with the boring stuff and go on from there.
I was born in Salford. My mother’s family comes from Cornwall and my Dad comes from Scotland, so I grew up with one of the weirdest accents you’ve ever heard. I lived in Bolton, outside Manchester, for most of my life. I finished my A-levels in Sept 2000 and I am studying for a BA in archaeology at York University. After that I hope to go on to study for an MA in post excavation studies at Leicester University and then….who knows?
My interests in archaeology come from my parents – my Mother is a classics teacher, and my Dad studied Medieval English literature. My brother and I both grew up listening to Beowulf (in the original text) and Greek legends. Our first exposure to archaeology was seeing “Pete Marsh” at Manchester museum – scared the hell out of both of us. But for some reason, my brother Mick went on to become a fibreglass laminator and I’m living with 13 complete nuttters I met a few months ago, and studying with 40 more. Go figure.
Other info – I like beer (especially Summer lightning and Budweiser), chocolate, The Stone Roses, Star Trek (although I try not to mention it in the forum ‘cos I know it annoys people), cricket, hiking, karate and literature – especially poetry. I don’t like dance music, arrogant people or any of the jobs I’ve had so far (shop assistant, waitress and gopher for Salford LEA). Anything else is fine though.
Most of the time I’m a fairly easy going person, but you should all know I’ve been told I’ve got a foul temper on me! I never knowingly offend anyone, and if by chance I do upset anyone, that person is guaranteed a great big apology -and probably a pint. 90% of the time I’m friendly to everyone, and I hope to see you all in the forum or on Northfell.
Special Interest Areas
Romano-British through to the Dark Ages