Never really categorised myself. Me and my siblings all went to a RC Primary School on Trinity Road, Aston when we were growing up. This was more down to it being a good school, rather than it being catholic. When we moved up to Great barr in 1998, i moved to another catholic primary school, this was then due to me being used to how a catholic school is... small, not many pupils etc and i just felt comfortable somewhere like that. I remember we had to sing hymns and have mass and a morning assembly where we talked about God every day. Never really bothered me though, i never took it in like i really believed it. For high school i followed my friends and went to Stuart Bathurst RC High School in Wednesbury, loved it there.
I'm not catholic, so had a bit of a struggle to get into those schools at the time. I always participated in the religious events but i never got into them properly. The good thing about catholic schools is the little community feeling that you get. You don't get it with larger schools but its nice. They are friendly schools, very friendly. And its what i enjoyed.
Majority of my friends are all Catholic, not practicing by any means but i went to a party last week at the church hall adjoined to the church in which i went to primary school and it was nice. Everyone is welcoming, even if you don't believe much. I do think attitudes have moved on, Catholic people would really have trouble welcoming people who don't believe or are gay or whatever years back but i do think attitudes have changed in these communities and whenever i do go to these places, i don't feel uncomfortable. Some of my good friends parents are staunch catholics and yet all love me! Haha
I'm like Jim, i don't mind it all without being religious. For instance, i went to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St Margarets C of E church in Great Barr, its where we were all christened and my parents were married. And my sister was married. I enjoyed it, without being at the forefront of it all. So no, wouldn't call myself religious but i don't mind parts of it.