The Characters

Where did you go to school?

Janeen: A village in Warwickshire in the UK then secondary school in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia

Billy Nottage: My school, of course, I’m still there.

Uncle Harry: Well I ain’t never had no schoolin’ proper.

Aunt Millie: Oh, I don’t know, we never stopped anywhere long enough to go to school really.

Aunt Hester: Well of course being brought up at Hedderingham Hall from a very young age*

*Editor's note: space limitations disallow the printing of Aunt Hester’s entire answer and in reality Aunt Hester’s mother nagged and bullied the village schoolmistress into educating “her Hester” for free to the age of eight.

What is your favourite thing to do? 

Janeen: Laugh uncontrollably with family, friends, a good tv show, anything.

Billy Nottage: Land one cap to cap after another.

Uncle Harry: Practise a bit o’ bottle-flippin’ with the lad.

Aunt Millie: Party as a kid whenever Dad got us away from the tax man…again.

Aunt Hester: Oh to serve dear Lord Hedderingham tea on the terrace. The joy of a spring morning when dear.*

*Editor's note: space limitations disallow the printing of the entire answer

What is/was your favourite food? 

Janeen: Coffee –flat white and extra hot.

Billy Nottage: Chips, chips and more chips.

Uncle Harry: A bit o’ hard tack, dunked in a rum ration, can’t beat it.

Aunt Millie: Mum’s pigeon stew, extra good when she “borrowed” veggies from a nearby field.*

*Editor's note: I’m not sure that these vegetables were always legally obtained and certainly never returned

Aunt Hester: Oh a simple cutlet and potatoes, After all the rich food served at dear Lord Hedderingham’s table it was…*

*Editor's note: space limitations disallow the printing of the entire answer

What is your biggest dislike? 

Janeen: Achey neck and shoulders.

Billy Nottage: A brilliant flip that topples at the last second.

Uncle Harry: Seein’ the lad upset.

Aunt Millie: (giggles and points secretly at Aunt Hester) only joking –the tax man.

Aunt Hester: Foolishness and disorder

Describe the author (in four words or less). 

Billy Nottage: Who?*

Uncle Harry: -‘oo’s that?*

Aunt Millie: I’m not sure.*

Aunt Hester: I have no comment to make*

*Editor's note: the characters seem unaware of the writer’s existence

How would you describe Billy Nottage (in four words or less)  

Janeen: Reliable when it matters.

Uncle Harry: A good ‘un

Aunt Millie: Oh he’s lovely.

Aunt Hester: Requires discipline

How would you describe Uncle Harry (in four words or less)   

Janeen: Fair and reliable

Billy Nottage: Brilliant

Aunt Millie: Like a brother.

Aunt Hester: Low born

How would you describe Aunt Millie (in four words or less)    

Janeen: Childish but loveable

Billy Nottage: Giggly

Uncle Harry: Her be all right

Aunt Hester: Foolish and vain

How would you describe Aunt Hester (in four words or less) 

Janeen: A know-all, sorry Aunt Hester

Billy Nottage: A know-all

Uncle Harry: A know-all

Aunt Millie: A know-all