Today we talk to LYNN LITTLE, deputy mayor of Carterton and repatriation ceremonies liaison officer

WHAT I’M CALLED: My name is Lynn Little.

MY AGE: You should never ask women that question. Let’s just say I do have a bus pass.

WHAT I DO: After retiring from a senior management role in sales and training more than seven years ago, I have actively taken up volunteering for charities, as a divisional secretary for SSAFA (Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association) Carterton and Witney, caseworker for RAFA (Royal Air Forces Association), family liaison officer at repatriations and a member of the RBL (Royal British Legion). I am also very active within my local town council as not only a councillor but as deputy mayor, which includes chairing various committees, and supporting various programmes and initiatives to make Carterton a better place to live and work. I am a school governor for Edith Moorhouse Primary School, and also act as mentor to our Carterton Community Champions. I am also on the committee of Carterton Community Centre.

WHERE I LIVE: I was born in London but moved to Carterton in the early 60s.

WHO I LOVE: My husband, children and grandchildren, and close friends.

HAPPIEST YEAR: There are so many, but I would say having my three children.

DARKEST MOMENT: Losing both my parents.

PROUDEST BOAST: Too many, but here are some: appearing on television and having flying lessons.

WORST WEAKNESS: Has to be chocolate and biscuits.

LESSONS LEARNED: Always help someone every day and listen to your children.

DULLEST JOB: Working in an estate agent’s office as a filing clerk. It was so boring. I am much better when I can be out and about talking to people.

GREATEST SHAME: Not going on to sit my nursing exam at the Radcliffe Infirmary. I will forever wonder where I would be now.

LIFE LONG HERO: I have three: Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister, Winston Churchill as our greatest wartime leader, and John F Kennedy as I believe his speech in Berlin gave hope to a lot of people.

OLDEST FRIEND: Sue Davies. We met at Burford School in 1963 and have remained best friends ever since. She has always been there when I needed advise or a shoulder to cry on, and I am really lucky as she lives not far away in Minster Lovell, where she runs her hairdressing business.

WIDEST SMILE: My widest smile is when I am with my grandchildren Thomas Jones, Mollie Kilfoyle and Lewis Jones – they always make me happy.

FAVOURITE DREAM: To have enough money to enjoy life and help people, and to have a box at the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for life.

BIGGEST REGRET: I don’t waste time on regrets.