La Tannerie

Liz Smith

Where were you born?
Colchester in Essex.

Previous jobs
Clerical Officer with BT; own catering business; Medical Secretary; PA to NHS Director of IT.

What would you be doing now if you hadn't moved to France?
Driving up and down the A12 to work.

What do you miss most?
The children

Hobbies?
Reading, cooking.

Favourite single of all time?
'Gangsters Paradise' - Coolio

Favourite book?
Anything by PJ Tracy

Favourite film?
'Dirty Dancing'

Jeremy Smith

Where were you born?
100 yards (but several years) away from Liz.

Previous jobs
Taught languages in Colchester for 29 years.

What would you be doing now if you hadn't moved to France?
Probably teaching - it was a very comfortable rut, and I enjoyed the job really.

What do you miss most?
The children, of course, but the daily newspapers were an obsession.

Hobbies
Music, building websites, watching football.

Favourite single of all time?
'God Only Knows' - The Beach Boys

Favourite book?
'Lost in Music' - Giles Smith - because it's the only book I'm ever likely to appear in!

Favourite film?
'The Sound of Music' - from a very short list of films I've sat through.

Graham Wells

Where were you born?
Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

What jobs have you had?
Worked in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and England in Hotel Management and Finance.

What would you be doing now if you hadn't moved to France?
Same thing, but probably in Australia.

What do you miss most?
Cheddar cheese and the beach.

Hobbies?
Reading, movies and sketching.

Favourite single of all time?
'Wonderful Life' - Black

Favourite book?
'Shadow of the Wind' - Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Favourite film?
'The Color Purple'

Peter Powis

Where were you born?
Colchester.

What do you miss most?
Liz and Jeremy's children and playing in the band

Hobbies
Colouring and taking photos.

Favourite single of all time?
Anything by Michael Jackson

Favourite film?
'The Great Escape'

Favourite website?
www.peterpowis.com

Madison ('Maddi')

Born - 11 October 2007, the first of a litter of nine.

Hobbies - retrieving and swimming

Minstrel ('Minty')

Born - 11 October 2007, the last of the same litter.

Hobbies - eating and digging

Lilac

Born - some time in 1998.

Hobbies - sleeping and looking cute

Bonnie ('Bluffy Fastard')

Born - not sure, perhaps 2002?

Hobbies - eating and chasing things