I already had a career when I was growing up.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗
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Angela Hartnett
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Anything and everything. I watched the Olympics and wanted to be an 800m runner. If I watched Inspector Morse, I wanted to be a pathologist.
I had dreams of becoming the first scouse pope. Unfortunately, the girls got to me first.
Lucy Worsley
English historian
A spy, a witch and a nun.
Hayley Squires
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I wanted my own ice-cream van and to be a lollipop lady.
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