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I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of an

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car – we didnt have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. – Roger Bannister

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Mothers, unless they were very poor, didnt work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. – Roger Bannister

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