James

Aged 14. Son and heir.
Likes: the internet, gaming (Xbox360, Wii, PSP), listening to U2 and Rush, playing cricket, eating me out of house and home, aircraft.
Dislikes: washing his hands, going to bed.
Concerts attended: Rush, Manchester Evening News Arena, 2007. U2, Sheffield Don Valley Stadium, 2009. Rush, MEN Arena, 2011

Ashleigh

Aged 8. Middle child.
Likes: Tom and Jerry, drawing, dressing up, swimming, eating fruit, jumping on the trampoline.
Dislikes: eating dinner - much prefers snacking. Doesn't like it if the "big children" don't want to play with her. Incapable of staying in bed after dawn arrives, meaning she is up with the larks in the summer and has to be dragged out of bed for school in the winter.

Charley

Aged 6. My youngest daughter.
Likes: Talking (a lot), getting her hands on anything her sister is playing with, cuddles, dolls houses, playing outside.
Dislikes: eating dinner - much prefers to copy her sister.