Presenter profile: Judy Theobald

Judy Theobald once interviewed the Chippendales

Judy Theobald entertains the county each weekday 9.30am to 12.30pm

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Meet Judy

Her two career ambitions were to lie on the sofa all day and eat chocolates or become a journalist but she left school at the time when girls were channelled down three career routes - teaching, nursing or secretarial: "I don't like children, can't stand blood so that only left being a secretary. I hated the training but have never regretted learning the skills," she said.

Bored with office life, she turned to the streets to earn her living, becoming a London policewoman at Brixton Police Station.

Two husbands later, she found herself living in Lincolnshire where she started writing a weekly poetry column for her local paper. From there she moved on to writing advertising features before training as a reporter and then a sub-editor.

"It's a great job for nosey parkers. I met some amazing people. I interviewed everyone from the Bishop of Lincoln to the Chippendales and even went to bed with Sooty," she said. During this time she also became an after-dinner speaker, a role which now takes her all over the country.

In 1999 she became editor of Lincolnshire Life magazine, a job she loved as it gave her the opportunity to explore every aspect of the county - its history, geography, personalities, heritage and economics.

Judy's now presenting on BBC Radio Lincolnshire between 9.30 and 12.30pm each weekday.

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