If oyu name si Linda you are an admin perosn at a hospital

Emma, the slightly plump student nurse, was bullied by Magenta (aka Sharon) at school. Magenta was in the year above her and hung out with the 'cool' girls. Emma was never cool. Magenta also applied for nursing.
Emma was horrified when she saw Magenta in the lecture theatre on their first day; however Magenta was booted out as she refused to remove her tongue piercing.

Lavinia has a collection of books on architecture on her living room bookshelf. She has never read them.

She stashes copies of Home and Garden in her bedside cabinet and cuts out pictures of room sets which she then later copies in her designs. These are all magazines which are at least 18 months old; this way nobody notices.

She doesn't actually have any qualifications in interior design, but when Phillippa (who Lavinia knows from reading group) asked Lavinia's opinion on whether to order lemon or saffron silk Liberty valances, she realised that this was something she could make some money from.

Lavinia lives in Fulham. She's self emplyed interior designer who chooses not to work full time. She's rather fond of throwing dinner parties. She prides herself on making them look effortless, but infact she regularly attends cookery courses, and spends days planning the table decorations.

Olwyn's house is the cleanest in the street. Cleanest in the village if she is honest.

Every day, Olwyn cleans and cleans; it saves her from having to think of the way her life worked out.

Late at night she plays her organ. Chapel Hymns mostly, with a few 'safe' selections from her 'Sing Something Simple song book' That book is the only dogeared thing allowed in the house.

Mr Olwyn (Eric to his pals) lies awake at night listening to the organ and wonders if he could ever persuade Olwyn to finger his organ as energetically. He sighs and turns over in bed, sure in the knowledge that mutual organ fingering is a thing of the dim and distant past.

Olwyn's house is the cleanest in the street. Cleanest in the village if she is honest.

Every day, Olwyn cleans and cleans; it saves her from having to think of the way her life worked out.

Late at night she plays her organ. Chapel Hymns mostly, with a few 'safe' selections from her 'Sing Something Simple song book' That book is the only dogeared thing allowed in the house.

Mr Olwyn (Eric to his pals) lies awake at night listening to the organ and wonders if he could ever persuade Olwyn to finger his organ as energetically. He sighs and turns over in bed, sure in the knowledge that mutual organ fingering is a thing of the dim and distant past.

These people are taking over my life!

Neville and Mrs Nelson are unlikely friends.

They met when Neville, on community service, stubbed out his cigarette on Mrs Nelson's petunias. This 82 year old 4'5 widow was not going to be intimidated by a 6'7 bloke in a tracksuit.

But they have become firm friends in their own way. Neville gives Mrs Nelson something special for her roll ups which takes away the aches of pain of her arthiritis and Mrs Nelson is teaching Neville cross stitch. They are both hooked.

God I love this thread.

Joanne spent her early years reading books such as 'The Worst Witch', 'The Secret of Platform 13', and stories of greek mythology.
They really made an impression upon her.

Joanne always wanted to be a writer, but never thought she would. One day she came up with an idea for a kids book. Tonight she will make even more money that will make her the richest woman in the UK. Sometimes she can't believe her luck

Poor clare

Keith is in IT but hates the word 'analyst' as it makes him remember his mental breakdown when he was 15. He has a friend called Gavin who has recently done a Landmark course and a wife called Lucy. Lucy works in Forbidden Planet and likes modern jazz. They often go to the farmers market and buy unusual cheeses.

Patricia does not really understand much of modern life.

She has been on an interweb starter course at the library but it was tricky because she had to keep changing her glasses when looking from keyboard to screen.

Clare is part of the 8B "set". They go everywhere together - Starbucks, Lush and they are all invited to Matt's party on Saturday night. Matt's parents have a really big house and are really relaxed. Matt has sex with his girlfriends in their house whilst they are there and they know. Matt is going to dress up and act like Pete Docherty for his party. Clare is in awe of all of this. Her parents aren't that keen that she goes to a mixed school.

...

On Sunday morning Clare really can't face getting up. She feels trampled and torn. It wasn't just the fact that she had to leave the party when her dad turned up to collect her (why did he have to come to the door and announce "I'm Clare's father) or that Matt gave her a weird smile when she presented the (half full)bottle of Dubonnet filched from her parents drinks cabinet. It wasn't that Dan - who she quite fancies in 6th form called her muffin top.

It was a realisation that her friends were not her friends. It was immediately apparent on arrival at the party they had all been drinking before - but had not invited her. It was obvious they had all been at Beck's house to get ready before hand.

It was the fact that they had all dressed up as Amy Winehouse and hadn't included her. She was there in her jeans and a top from Primark.

Kai was a drop out druggie at school but has suprised all around him by becoming a successful venture capitalist. He drives a hybrid Lexus to ease his conscience, and is in a civil partnership with Millie who is a campaigns manager with Amnesty International.

They are GREAT friends with Cathal and Tristram, being one of the few other couples to know that Cathal and Tristram are more than just friends.

Sophie was a lawyer but left to marry Jonathan who is 'something in the city'. She has 4 children and a strangely shiny face.

Luckily none of them know that Tristram is gay.
He lives with an architect called Cathal in Kensal Green.
None of Cathal's friends or colleagues know he's gay either, though his mam Kathleen has known for years.
She wasn't at all shocked - she'd got over the fact he'd never be a priest years ago and is just happy he still comes over to see her despite his London job.

In the staff room, particularly on rainy break times, Tristram can sit wherever he likes - throwing to the wind the long established sofa/chair/stool hierarchy that has existed in the staff room.

Tristram is the only member of staff Mrs Webber does not make a remark to when he has borrowed her mug and not washed it up.

Mrs Webber quite likes Tristram too

Tristram is a good looking, dark curly haired well built history teacher at a girl's school. Mummies love his parent's evening chats, where he leans forward to confide in them, just brushing their knee.

The staff room is a hotbed of HRT and lustful looks when Tristram's around, with even the PE teacher, a lesbian for many years, occasionally wonders what and if...

Suneeta has a dumpy, less intelligent and less pretty younger sister named Sushma, who her parents constantly nag, belittle and compare to Suneeta.

However, despite her parents trying in vain to marry her off to a series of gawky cousins and sons of friends, she will keep her head down at school, do unexpectedly well in her A-levels, slog through medicine at Oxford whilst living at home, qualify in an obscure speciality like nephrology and eventually snare a tall, handsome cardiac surgeon named Vijay from an extremely nice family.
Her in-laws adore her and bankroll a colossal wedding.
Her parents will be slightly baffled at all this and persist in thinking of Suneeta as the good one, despite her relationship with Darren.
Meanwhile they are pinning their hopes on Suresh, their youngest and the only son. He is a fat spoilt teenager whose only ambition is to make enough money to buy a Mercedes like his disreputable uncle Sajeev.
Nonetheless is in complete awe of Vijay and dotes on his Sushma's new baby Neeraja. He buys her toys online so his mates don't find out.

Suneeta is devastatingly beautiful, slender and tall, with glossy long black hair, glowing smooth cappuccino coloured skin, and always a smile upon her face. One of the most intelligent people in her class and as her parents are both doctors they have high hopes that she too will become a doctor one day and marry a suitable educated boy of their choice.

Little do they know of Suneeta?s passionate love for Darren, the young strikingly handsome man who tends to the family 10 acre garden, in beautiful Oxford. They plan to elope as soon as Suneeta finishes her studies. They will live with Darren?s granddad in his one bedroom flat, along with his dog, until Darren completes his course in ju-jitsu and then he will open his own business, where Suneeta can work on reception.

Nobody calls Mary by her name anymore. She likes being called Mum, Granny, and Great Granny, but she wishes that her sister was still alive.