I was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Scotland until I was 12, when I moved to Lancashire. At school I loved art and history, especially when we did the 1900’s and got to dress up, interview relatives etc. It really caught my imagination. Ever since then people have said that I was born in the wrong century, although it has not yet been decided which century I should have been born in!
I have absolutely no historical or archaeological qualifications but once I have finished studying and am working, I would like to do an evening class or OU course. I would love to go on a dig one day, just to see what it’s really like if nothing else.
At the moment I am studying at The Norland Nursery Training College for the NVQ3 in early years care and education and also a higher diploma in the same subject. When I qualify I want to go back to working as a nanny (which I did to fill in my gap year). I would also like to teach English in a remote village in India, or somewhere similar, for a year.
I don’t really know enough to have developed any special interests yet but I am keen on the details of everyday life. I like to think of the individual people involved in a battle or living in a house.