Janet hails from Ross on Wye in rural Herefordshire. She trained as a teacher in Manchester where she met her future husband, Graham.

Since she left college she has spent most of her life living and working in Mid - Cheshire, first in schools and latterly at the Mid-Cheshire College.

Her love of singing began at school where everything stopped for choir practice on a Friday afternoon. She studied music at college as one of her subsidiary subjects but has spent most of her working life teaching geography and mathematics. When she moved to Cheshire in 1968, she joined the Northwich & District Festival Choir led by Cyril Dawes. She remained with the Festival Choir until its demise in 2001.

Still wanting to sing on a Thursday evening she joined with other like minded singers to found the Condate Singers. She has been the choir secretary since its start. Janet and Graham have two children and three young grandsons.