Spotlight!
This is a chance to get to know the members of Offa's Dykes on a more personal level. Each month we will spotlight a member and reveal some of their innermost thoughts!
July 1999~ no new Spotlight entries to add!
April/May 1999
Louise
Partnered/Single; single Age; 32 Offa's Dyke member for a few months Best lesbian venue; Beans Bar, Adelaide (S. Australia) |
Top 3 Films |
Top 3 Books |
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When Night is Falling |
The Governor |
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My Beautiful Launderette |
The Governor 2 |
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Beautiful Things |
The Gay Book of Days |
Top 3 TV Programmes |
Top 3 Musicians/Bands |
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The Bill |
Celine Dion |
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Coronation Street |
Toni Braxton |
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Eastenders |
Andrea Bocelli |
My jeans
Which 3 things would you rescue if the house caught fire?
Dogs, cats and stereo.
What's your favourite journey?
How do you relax?
read, music, sex (not necessarily in that order)What's your favourite place?
The place inside my heart that belongs to my mum.
What vehicle do you drive?
What skill would you like to acquire? Play a musical instrument and sing
Where is the most unusual place you have had sex?
Driving through a
country town in Victoria... very slowly!
Favourite Websites:
Dykes World |
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Offa's Dykes |
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CIA homepage |
http://www.ic.gov |
Where were you when you first realised you were a lesbian?
In my classmate's bed.
Previous Spotlight
March/April 1999
Sian
Partnered/Single; single Age; 31 years BW member for 2 years Best lesbian venue; still looking |
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Top 3 Films |
Top 3 Books |
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Logan's Run |
Lady of Hay (Barbara Erskine) |
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Calamity Jane |
The Colour of Magic (Terry Pratchett) |
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Much Ado About Nothing |
The Stand (Stephen King) |
Top 3 TV Programmes |
Top 3 Bands |
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Xena; Warrior Princess |
The Beautiful South |
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Friends |
The Corrs |
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Ally McBeal or Ellen |
Clannad/Enya |
Which 3 things would you rescue if the house caught fire? My cats Tilla and Jasper, photo albums and of course my computer.
What's your favourite journey? The half hour drive to work in the morning; glorious sunrises and unbelievable countryside (shame about the destination).
How do you relax? Reading, sci-fi tv, country walks and losing regularly at squash!
What's your favourite place? I have two; my cottage & garden and Sydney, Australia.
What vehicle do you drive? A car! (Ford Fiesta)
What skill would you like to acquire? The
ability to attract women like Xena :0)
Favourite Websites:
Tom's Xena Page |
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The Internet Bookshop |
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Blue Mountain e-mail cards |
Where were you when you first realised you were
a lesbian? Having taken a
little longer to realise than most I guess the dawning came for me while watching Beth
Jordache in 'Brookside'. Something clicked! :0)
February 1999
Name; Sophie Gosling Partnered; To Barbara, of course Age; Ooh well, Emma, my daughter, is nearly 16 so that must make me somewhere in my early 40s ! |
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Top 3 Films |
Top 3 Films |
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Rebecca (Hitchcock) |
Carol (Patricia Highsmith) |
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Orlando |
Desert Hearts (Jane Rule) |
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The Rainbow |
Wuthering Heights (EmilyBronte) |
Top 3 Musicians |
Top 3 TV Programmes |
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Jacqueline Dupres |
Portrait of a Lady (Vita & Violet) |
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Hildegaard of Bingen |
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit |
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Ani de Franco |
Friends |
Which famous person, past or present, do you most admire? Xena, Warrior Princess
What is your favourite garment? Xena's bustier ( Oh do you mean mine? In that case my black pvc thigh boots)Which 3 things would you rescue if the house caught fire? As long as Barbara, my children & the dog were out; my diary, my black pvc thigh boots and my Armani jacket (I'm so vain).
What's your favourite journey?To the Island of LesbosHow do you relax? Writing my diary, sleeping (with Barbara), canal boating
What's your favourite place? Would it be going too far to say, the Island of Lesbos?
What vehicle do you drive? 4x4 Fiat Panda, with roo ba
rWhat skill would you like to acquire? Ski-ing, juggling, white water rafting (like Meryl
Streep)
Where were you when you first realised you were a lesbian?
I was on a coach on the way to Greenham Common. Everyone was singing 'You Can't Kill the Spirit' and one woman was right out of tune. I stared across to see who it was and saw this beautiful woman (who in retrospect looked remarkably like Xena) and fell in love with her. I'd had flirtations and crushes before but I knew this was the 'Real Thing'. The coach broke down shortly afterwards; she walked off with two other women to find something to eat or drink or smoke and I never saw her again. But I KNEW...
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