Can you remember the first clothes you bought with your own money? I believe they were a rather dull brown jumper and a pleated skirt but I thought they were marvellous. Did you smoke when you were young? No. I reluctantly tried, literally, one puff of Malcolm Whitfield's cigarette. How old were you when you first went to a Pub? Aged thirty-two. Do you remember visiting theatre when you were young? What did you go to see? I remember visiting the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park to see 'A Midsummer Night Dream' I also used to go to Orchestral Concerts at the Granada cinema in Harrow. What was your favourite form of entertainment? Who was your favourite singer? Actor? Actress? Filmstar? The actor Dirk Bogarde - a film star. I don't think I had a favourite singer but I remember with pleasure the voice of Kathleen Ferrier. When did you go on your first date? Who was it with and where did you go? The day before my sixteenth birthday. It was to the cinema with a boy who lived in Moss Lane, Pinner As a teenager did you have your own transport? Apart from my bicycle, no. I was allowed to drive my father's car when I passed the driving test aged seventeen.