I am about
I was born German and grew up in Wuerzburg, Northern Bavaria. My mother comes from a family of carpenters and farmers from Unterfranken. The family was divided by the former East German border. My father came from Berlin and was a Chartered Accountant.
My father helped run the Swimming Club Wuerzburg SV and that is how I gotten started on swimming and Synchronised Swimming.
I developed severe Scolioses early on but was lucky enough to get pioneering treatment at the Wuerzburg Hospital and had my spine straightened with bone transplants.
I became a book seller. Whilst being a student at the local School of Ecnomics I had worked at my father’s bookshop and at the same time organising the first open Air Rock Festival and a progressive Rock event at the local university.
I moved to Hamburg, then Cologne (1976), started another apprenticeship as Tool-maker and worked in a factory as toolmaker and part-time as secretary for the Otto Versand.
I was in fact the only woman in a male only Engineering college in Cologne. I was well ahead of my time.
Then a holiday break brought me to London (1977) where I was offered employment by the BBC German service almost immediately and I decided to stay in London. I got married and enjoyed having children. I now have a growing number of grand children.
My husband Bob Taylor and kids Susanna, Janet, Michael, Robert and Roswita.
I started my own company working from home and was supported by a Barclays Bank scheme. I taught myself Webmaster skills having worked a few years earlier on the year 2000 compliance programming as a volunteer. I had one of the first out-sourced Internet companies in the country. My Business was Whizz Business Solutions Ltd. Company No. 04572281.
I then also worke at an airport.
I am not a member of any political party. I did try a few though but can’t completely agree with any of them. So I support any party that brings out policies I do agree with.
I was also at some point a LEA appointed school governor, which came to an end pretty quick because I didn’t feel good about staying in this post due to reasons explained on this blog. I spent 3 years at the Royal Courts of Justice as litigant in person with a senior judge saying that I can argue as good as any lawyer.
I am still involved in my local community centre, and was active in a local swimming club and Swim England and British Swimming due to my grand daughter having won many medals as performance swimmer.
In September 2019 I accepted an appointment as Steering Group member of my local school, which is in the process of being dissolved.