New Lockdown Special Edition: Ask the Person Below You a Question!

Apron if it involves cleaning liquids e.g. sprays/bleach etc. Not otherwise.

Have you got a really efficient way of keeping your feet warm in the house?

16 in 1960

Do you wear a penny, apron or overall when doing housework.?

I won't be going to any shops.

How old were you when you lost your virginity?

Definitely a nightdress

Which is the first shop you are going to visit once Lockdown has been lifted?

At the moment just going out for a walk.

Nightie, PJs or nothing ?

Benidorm, hated it?

What gives you a “happy attack” as opposed to a panic attack for instance?

Meeting up with my mum and sisters for Saturday lunch in Belfast.

Did you ever go on a holiday somewhere that was disappointing?

No, I used to when I wore the 'full slap' but no longer.

If you could travel back in time to a happy memory which would you choose?

It was Jo Malone Basil / mandarin etc. But I have been researching a book and found Mitsouko. I have obtained a small sample and it is lovely.

Do you wear face powder?

I do! She only started up last Summer. I pay online and she drops the stuff off. She's a lovely Polish lady - I even got a Christmas present!

What is your favourite perfume?

Yes, I love swimming. Don't go much lately. I was brought up by the sea so swimming was easily available.

Do you have an Avon lady? Or did you? I don't suppose they are allowed to do the rounds now due to Covid.

A good moist fruit cake

Do you like to swim ?

Gosh, loads! Not fast food, I've never had a McDonald's or KFC, but things like pot noodles and crisps.

What is your favourite cake?

Having to swelter under factor 50, sunglasses, a hat and long sleeves to protect my fair Scottish skin and sensitive eyes. Am genetically designed to live under cloudy skies in a cold northeasterly wind.

Is there any junk food you would confess to enjoying?

Slippery underfoot I would think

What is your least favourite thing about stinking hot days ?

Yes, sailed through it.

What is your least favourite thing about minus temperatures?

When I married my much older late husband, I took on his inherited antique furniture. Some I like, some I don’t. Four years after his death, I’m contemplating selling some of it, there is too much.

Did you have a trouble free menopause?

Yes we eat low carb so I have to have the right ingredients..

Do you buy antiques or stick to modern furniture?

Dresses with peplum waists-I made quite a few. But I’ve just looked them up and they’re already back-so now I just need the body!

Do you have a regular weekly menu planned and stick to it?

Not stairs (except at home) but have tripped on bad pavements and both times was helped up by lovely people.

Is there a fashion from the past which you particularly liked and would wear again if it returned?

Yes, I do occasionally. It's a habit learned from my mother who used to give my gifts to her back to me on my birthday.

Have you ever fallen down stairs in public?

Yes, I was 17 and he was the boss’s son. High summer, short dress, gin and orange (!) open car and dancing in the dark. He was Jewish so his family put a stop to that.

Do you ever regift items?

Yes.

Do you remember the first person you ever loved ?

Walk across America..David Jenkins..

If you had 20 pieces left to finish in a 500 piece jigsaw and you dropped the tray on the floor and it fell apart, would you start it again??

Not traditionally so, but I have my own personal superstitions, which are a bit too mad to go into here!

What is your favourite non fiction book?