PAUL WILSON is activities manager at Drummond Grange Care Home.
1 What is your earliest memory of Edinburgh? Going to Edinburgh Waxwork Museum and getting the fright of my life when I got lost in the horror chambers.
2 What are your memories of school? Getting into trouble over chatting too much and daydreami
ng at Green Hall High School.
3 Where is your favourite place in Edinburgh and why? Holyrood Palace, as I love history and always wanted a palace of my own. I can dream, can't I?
4 What are the best things about Edinburgh? The shopping and the nightlife, as you can have a meal out in any country within Edinburgh. Edinburgh is like New York – it never sleeps.
5 What would you change about the city? The heavy traffic flow and the rain when shopping, as it always rains when I go shopping.
6 Describe a perfect Edinburgh day/night out. It would have to be a night at the theatre to see the latest production and a meal in an Italian restaurant, followed by a good night out in a nightclub.
7 Which sports interest you? I like Scottish rugby – it is even better when we win as, in my opinion, it's electric.
8 What was your most embarrassing moment? When I worked at Borthwick Castle Hotel, at the age of 16, I had to take guests up to the top room on a spiral staircase. I felt a buzzing in my upper leg and remembered that we had a wasps' nest. In sheer panic, I pulled my trousers and underwear down to my ankles and screamed. I was so embarrassed and so were the residents.
9 What is your greatest achievement? In June, I won the Barchester Healthcare Award for Activities Manager of the Year at a grand awards ceremony in London and met GMTV's Fiona Phillips. I was so proud of this award and what I have achieved for Drummond Grange.
10 Sum up Edinburgh in three words. Exciting, wonderful, historic.
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