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Each day this week, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Ulster's Days Like This programme features stories from ´óÏó´«Ã½ presenters in Northern Ireland. The week kicked off today with Stephen Nolan remembering the day he got to move from the subs bench to the goalposts (listen again here), and it continues tomorrow with my story. I talk about the day I flew to America, at the age of ten, with , to spend six weeks living with a family in upstate New York. You can hear my day to remember at 11.55am tomorrow and again at five to midnight. Full listen-again options are available on the Days Like This website, and there are videos (courtesy of Vinnie) of presenters talking about what happened next. My story owes a great deal to Pauline Currie, one of our senior producers, who heads up the Days Like This project. She got me into a studio to talk about a particular date in time. Radio presenters are the worst people in the world to actually interview, since we are all more comfortable asking questions than answering them; but Pauline briefed me, spotted the real story in what I had planned to say, then skillfully talked me into removing all the extraneous stuff. I am always a little nervous about talking on-air about my family or personal background, but Pauline was so easy to talk to, it just flowed out of me. Afterwards, I told her she'd make a fortune as a psychotherapist. Listen in tomorrow at five to noon to hear the final version.

If you would like to tell your own story on Days Like This, Pauline, Valerie and the rest of the team would love to hear from you. Full contact information is available here.