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My Gran was a Catholic and my mum was a Protestant — dad switched when it came to school — we had to go to a Catholic School. My mother hated the place. She must have had a terrific time. “Remember that you’re a Brummie and a Protestant!” she would say. When we came back to go to school here we had Welsh accents and nobody could understand us. Also once dad was back, my brother had a hard time not being the head of the family.

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