This week, with JOHN HORMAN, 54, managing director of Smallbone Brown and Co Ltd.

MEMORY: In the very early part of my life when the whole of my father's family would congregate at my grandparents' house in Church on Sunday afternoons. The house was very full. We were fed on roast ox heart sandwiches, followed by sad cakes and currant cakes. Wonderful.

HOME: The house I was born in -- a tiny oak-beamed cottage at 81 New Lane, Oswaldtwistle. I lived there with my parents and brother Charles. It was a great place to be because we had a large stable yard with big wooden gates, making it a safe place to play.

HOLIDAY: The first holiday I remember was in Jeywick Sands, near Clacton. We travelled by coach and it seemed to take forever. We rented a bungalow with my mother's parents. I only remember sunny days and riding on one of those strange, three-wheeled contraptions you could hire for one and sixpence.

SCHOOL: I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was Immanuel School in New Lane, Oswaldtwistle. The headmaster, Ralph Whittle, was a near neighbour and he allowed me to attend from the age of three.

TEACHER: Mrs Carter -- a very firm but kind person. She died not too many years ago, aged more than 100 years old.

RECORD: Needles and Pins by the Searchers. I think I was about 14. When I hear it now it makes me feel absolutely ancient.

JOB: A Saturday job at Sterling Dog Foods in Oswaldtwistle. I was paid the princely sum of half a crown an hour.

CAR: My passion is for old cars. The first I restored was a 1923 Model T Ford. I fell in love with them and at present have three of them. Just recently I completed a repaint of a 1911 model. It was done as it was when built -- no spray gun, but a good quality paint brush and about three months of my time. There were one or two fraught moments.