Edith Bowman, a broadcaster from Fife, shares reflections on her life and career, highlighting her early experiences growing up in a family-run hotel. Her formative years included working alongside her family and interacting with diverse guests, which developed her work ethic and communication skills. As she reminisces about special family holidays, including one in Florida, she notes how the hotel environment ignited her passion for radio and broadcasting. With a career spanning several media, Edith balances her professional life with family, living in Gloucestershire with her husband and children.
This was a special holiday. All of them were, whether we were in Florida or a caravan in Scotland. Mum and Dad ran a family hotel, along with her sisters and my grandpa and grandma.
The hotel was an amazing environment to grow up in. It's where I got my work ethic, but also where I learned how to talk to people.
People would stay from all over the world and I would get snapshots into different cultures outside our bubble. Mum always jokes that she knew I was going to leave before I did.
Growing up, we'd often have radio stations come and do roadshows from the hotel, which totally sparked my ambition.
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