I was born in Chesterfield in 1953, and always wanted to be a nurse.....until 
my dad told me about bedpans!
I then moved on to wanting to be teacher right through until 'A' Levels, when I 
discovered (1) I wasn't good enough at my schoolwork to be a teacher and (2) I 
actually hated schoolkids!
Nevertheless, I still ended up dealing with both bedpans and schoolkids -
I spent nearly 30 years as a Radiographer in various hospitals up and down the 
country.
I am now retired due to a back injury - one of the perks of the job - but 
keeping myself busy tracing my Family Tree and being an Avon Lady.....ding 
dong!   
  
Hobbies    
  
Genealogy - of course!
It's amazing how my years as a Radiographer have enabled me to sort out the 
numerous skeletons in my various cupboards!  
Watching my favourite football team - Chesterfield - turning in mediocre 
performances week after week, year after year, decade after 
decade.....sometimes I wonder just what I've been doing for the last 38 years!  
I also enjoy watching golf and cricket - I'd love to be able to play golf but, 
apart from my back precluding a swing, I can't hit the damned ball!
Also like reading Fantasy Fiction novels, and Needlecraft - especially counted 
cross stitch.
Oh.....and I learned to fly a Hot-Air Balloon a few years ago!   

Acknowledgements

One thing I have completely forgotten to do, and it's extremely remiss of me, 
is to thank the very many people who have actually contributed to the 
information I have on this site.  Without them, my tree would be significantly 
smaller than it is, and I would not be counting the number of new "cousins" on 
my fingers, toes and any spare abacuses which might be passing!
I am actually only just getting around to inputting the twigs on some of the 
branches (Nov. 2006!) and, as I have had some snail-mailed information sitting 
in my "to do" tray for nearly 3 years, I have lost the names and addresses of 
those who have been kind enough to photocopy, scan, hand-write and even draw, 
and then post their hard work out to me.
Once I have worked out just who these people are, I will be putting up their 
names in lights somewhere - if not on this site, then definitely on my 
companion site Derbyshire Born, Derbyshire Bred 2.  Thank you.