Ceema! & PeePee/Lead singers with The Chalets

Where did you go to school?

Ceema!: Manor House School, Raheny, Dublin.

PeePee: Coláiste Bride in Clondalkin.

What was your best subject?

Ceema!: English.

PeePee: Art and English

Who was your favourite teacher and why?

Ceema!: My music/English teacher because she was really enthusiastic with students who showed an interest. She was also very cool and used to come to see my band play gigs when I was 16.

PeePee: Mrs Brannigan my English teacher.

Who was your childhood idol?

Ceema!: Marilyn Monroe. PeePee: Robert Smith of The Cure.

Who was your best friend and why?

Ceema!: My cousin Sue.

PeePee: Tara. Because she was the only girl in school who wasn't purely interested in make-up and swooning over boys (see below).

What is he/she doing now?

Ceema!: She is working in a record shop and writing songs.

PeePee: She is in Yorkshire being a lesbian. And a lovely one too.

What TV show/film most reminds you of your schooldays?

Ceema!: Bewitched. I watched it religiously after school every day.

PeePee: Neighbours. I can remember re-enacting the Scott and Charlene wedding scene in the stationary cupboard one afternoon with some other idiot from my class.

What song most reminds you of your schooldays?

Ceema!: Ave Maria.

PeePee: Sit Down by James, unfortunately. The soundtrack to too many dire school discos.

What food most reminds you of your schooldays?

Ceema!: Tomato- flavoured noodles and brown bread.

PeePee: Tuna sandwiches, orange Capri Sun, an apple and a United bar.

Who did you take to your debs?

Ceema!: Glenn Keating, a pal of mine.

PeePee: My boyfriend at the time, Stuart. He wore a blue velvet suit and looked a little bit like Laurence Llewellyn Bowen. Sorry Stuart . . .

Would you send your children to the same school you went to?

Ceema!: No, I wouldn't send my child to a single- sex school. It's a very bad idea.

PeePee: Yeah. One school is the same as the next as far as I'm concerned.

What was the best thing about your education?

Ceema!: It allowed me to be a nerd, which I quite enjoy.

PeePee: It passed fairly quickly and I never got beaten up.

What was the worst thing about your education?

Ceema!: It happened when I was too young to appreciate it. I'd love to be learning languages and history at this stage in my life.

PeePee: I can remember very, very little of what I was taught.