What did you want to be when you grew up?

I too wanted to be an Air Hostess or a show jumper.

I wanted to be either a librarian or a teacher....I became neither. I worked in a factory on a conveyer line then in a shop. I ended up becoming a manager in a sheltered housing scheme for a local housing association.

I told my brother I wanted to be an air hostess. He didn't think I met the slender requirements - the plane would seesaw in the air as I walked up and down the aisle.

Put me off a bit ...

Wanted to be a vet! Didn't realise till I got older that you needed to be really good at chemistry and physics, the two subjects I was worse at (apart from maths!)

A Ballerina being out of the question for medical reasons, I wanted to be a teacher from the time I started school.

Without a doubt, a medical doctor. My teachers agreed but unfortunately not my parents. University was free when I was young.

I always wanted to be an opera singer! I loved to sing even as a child and had a good soprano voice even in infants school. It was a dream I carried with me into secondary school as I was selected to sing all the solos in music competitions between houses. I faced the reality in my teens that a musical career takes years of expensive tuition (which was far beyond the pockets of my family) and it would never come to pass. I settled for the civil service but still have a good operatic voice in my 80s.

By the way I didn’t ever own even one horse!

I wanted to be whatever my best friend wanted to be! It didn’t work out like that! 🤦‍♀️😄

A nun! I was taught by nuns, and was fascinated by their robes. I used to put my nurses cape on (part of my child's nurses outfit) and a towel draped on my head, and wore my Mum's rosary beads to complete the ensemble. I then walked around our back garden with a china cup and saucer, pretending to drink tea whilst on playground duty (as out teachers used to do). I must have looked ridiculous!

A famous showjumper with a stable full of gorgeous horses

I wanted to be an ice skater.

I wanted to be in musicals or own a sweet shop.