Just reading his autobiography , think his connection to the area is well known but for info his grandfather (Pat McManus) and father (Ross Macmanus,showbiz 'a',!)lived in Cathcart Street Birkenhead until their home was destroyed by a German mine in the 2nd World War.
I got in quick at Neston library, don't think it's in Wirral libraries yet but hopefully will be soon (new books don't seem to appear quite as quickly these days).
There's a real danger that the left will drag Britain back to the 1970s, with secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and fabulous films and music. David Osland 2025
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
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