Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

My guest this week is Jacqui Double who works in Student Support in the School of Arts at the University of Kent. Originally from North Wales, Jacqui grew up in the Potteries. Her father was a fireman, we learn that she was an inquisitive child, and her parents were Mormons. She especially remembers buildings from her childhood as well as walking to school from the age of about 5. We learn about Jacqui’s religious sensibilities as a child and our experiences of growing up in faith environments and the limitations thereby, and move on to speak about different friendship communities that have been built up, and growing up with children who have challenging medical circumstances. Jacqui was the first of her generation in her family to go to university and she reflects on how she had to make choices to enable her to live independently. She worked as a teacher and then for a theatre company and we discover that Jacqui is quite a practical person and isn’t someone who looks back and regrets things. Jacqui