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In the school holidays, I worked at a soft drinks factory in Southport.
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View profile →A black Mercedes 500 coupé in the mid-1980s. I thought it was one of the most beautiful things I’d seen. (I had been clubbing the night before.) And I can’t drive.
Still being here, aged 60. If I thought I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.
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