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Mothers, unless they were very poor, didnt work. Both of my parent

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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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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