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and why do people do stilts?
Why is that an attractive profession?
Well, one you can see me a mile away
you know, so if you're the other side of the bridge
you can probably almost see me so
and also I'm wearing bright red which is a
nice color I always wear normally
bright-coloured costumes
umm I've got Mr. Union flag
which is red white and blue as well
which is also sticking out like a sore thumb
...union flag which is red white and blue as well
which is also sticking out like a sore thumb
And why did you decide on this career?
Err I used to work for a charity and I needed a new job
so that was it.
and what type of work were you doing for charity?
I used to work for the ME association
which was myalgic encephalomyelitis.
Wow ok that's a
difficult one to pronounce for our for our viewers
Very fascinating umm do you think
that, does this err take up the
whole of your day and life?
yes the whole of my life
Umm I'm lucky enough
to work at home most of the time
So if I decide to come out to London for the day
and just wander round
...to come out to London for the day
and just wander round, I can, so thats good.
and what area of the law interests you the most?
err public law which is what we call
civil law claims against the government
wow ok do you have any big cases at the moment?
Umm well at that moment actually I'm working
on secondment at the Supreme Court
i'm working on secondment at the Supreme Court
err which is just round the corner over there.
err so I'm helping the judges at the Supreme Court
and that's a relatively new thing right?
err the Supreme Court is a relatively new thing in our country?
Is that right?
That's right it was founded in 2009
Yea
Tell me a little bit more what
what did you say you do?
well I manage our businesses
my son and I have err the busiest
car wash in north america err we also have
commercial buildings that we rent and
I'm not sure whether you saw the
terrible fire in Canada on May the 3rd
that was my city that burnt.
Oh I'm so sorry
and err one last question.
If you weren't a stilt walker with your website
what kind of job would you do?
Ooh
I've been a lot of jobs
I've been a welder,
I've been a pest control,
and a beekeeper.
Umm I'd like to go back to beekeeping
but I don't want to get stung anymore.
Have you been stung one too many times?
Yes, yeah I now swell up the size of a football
*inflammation*
yeah I now swell up the size of a football.
The elephant man's got nothing on me
when I get stung now.
the Elephant Man's got nothing on me
when I get stung now!
and my final question is
if you weren't a civil servant
what job would you like to do?
I would like to be umm in the entertainment business.
Err like a cruise director or
something like that
entertainment on a cruise ship
cos I like cruising!
Fantastic err would you like
to do singing? Or what type of entertainment?
umm I'd probably do the quizzes rather than
the singing I'm not very good at the singing.
So I'd do the quizzes.
Fantastic, I can imagine you
delivering a very nice quiz.
umm the last question, if you weren't able to do
what you do, what would you do?
In my dream world?
Yeah
People umm have a
long enough professional career or working career
that they could have two jobs.
So, I've always liked the idea of being
successfully in one job and then stopping
and doing something else.
And I, you know I look around I think I
could be a bus driver for my second career.
Yeah?
but I think as young, as a child I
always wanted to be a pilot so...
if the dice had rolled slightly differently
I might be up there flying around now.
If the dice had rolled slightly differently
I might be up there flying around now.
Right!
flying people around and I think the closest
I can get to that now is being a bus driver.
[Laughter]
, there's your bus.
I aspire to being a bus driver in my second career!
One last question
Umm, if you weren't a solicitor,
what kind of job would you
like to do and why?
Oh, I'd probably like to err be a Taylor
I really like err making costumes
doing costumes, things like that
Wow, something completely different then?
Completely different! Something creative would be nice.
Yeah
What type of things would you like to make?
Err just like umm silly clothes
colourful clothes; waist coats, I really like making
those sorts of things, yeah
things for party clothes
For halloween?
For halloween, yeah exactly
What would you have liked to do if you
if you didn't do what you did?
and I'll ask you first.
I don't know I'm, I'm very happy with my life
I'm very content
yes I don't think I would have changed it.
Beautiful
Yeah okay, that couldn't be better actually could it.
To look back and think I did right.
Yeah and for yourself?
I had a wonderful life
my husband and I started the newspaper
in that city so I was in journalism
I wrote a book and published it on my 80th
birthday telling all about our city and
I've had a an amazing wonderful life and
God has blessed me with good health and
the means to go traveling when I want to
So there we have it
londoners talking about their jobs and
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