Carolyn Longton (born 21 May 1965) [1] is one of the co-founders, in 1999, of Mumsnet.
Carolyn Longton (born 21 May 1965) [1] is one of the co-founders, in 1999, of Mumsnet.
She grew up in Blackpool, where her father was a headmaster. She has an older sister. She attended the independent Elmslie School in Blackpool, which closed in 2000. She studied English at St Anne's College, Oxford. [2]
She worked at Pebble Mill Studios. She moved to the BBC at London. She worked as a television producer,
She helped found Mumsnet in 1999. [3]
She met her husband at Oxford. She has three children.
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