20 Questions...Heidi Stainton-Jones
Heidi Stainton-Jones, private banking partner at Yorkshire Bank's Financial Solutions Centre in Lancaster
1. What is your earliest recollection?
When I was five, my younger brother (aged three), cut the hair off my favourite Barbie dolls and chopped the tail off my Sindy horse.
2. What was your first job?
Saturday shop assistant at Superdrug when I was 15.
3. Happiest memory?
Buying Harry, my two-year-old shih tzu. He is adorable but very mischievous.
4. Biggest regret?
No regrets, it's all a learning curve.
5. Favorite song or artist?
Aretha Franklin – Say A Little Prayer.
6. Most-thumbed book?
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus – very apt!
7. Website most often visited?
AA Route Planner. I am renowned for getting lost on my way to
customer appointments.
8. Best-loved food?
Cadbury's Curly Wurly but they must have been in the fridge first though.
9. What's your tipple?
Sparkly pink. I'm also partial to a Cosmopolitan.
10. What's your must-watch TV programme?
24. I lose months of my life every time a new series starts.
11. A film not to be missed?
The Devil Wears Prada.
12. Top holiday destination?
Mauritius.
13. Which football team's result do you look for first on Saturday?
Que?
14. Favourite car?
Audi R8. My dream car, although I may need to save up for a long time.
15. Pet, past or present?
My black and white shih tzu, Harry Stainton-Jones.
16. Favourite perfume or aftershave?
Anything by Chanel – Chance or Coco Mademoiselle.
17. Which personality would you most like to meet?
Even though she is no longer with us, Coco Chanel. She was a modern day icon and the epitome of glamour and sophistication.
18. Biggest influence on your life so far?
My mum. She had breast cancer ten years ago and the way she has changed her life since then is an inspiration. It has made me very humble when I stress about the little insignificant things that go wrong in my own life.
19. What difference would a lottery win make to you?
No more Primark – Chanel all the way. Oh and an Audi R8.
20. What would be your dream job?
A clothes horse for Chanel or, failing that, PA to George Clooney!
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