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5 PROUD TO CLAIM WORKING-CLASS ROOTS j
5 John Leslie Prescott was born in j
5 Prestatyn, north Wales in 1938. j
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5 As the son of a railway workjr and j
5 magistrate, and the grandson of a j
5 miner, hj has always prided himself j
5 on his working-class roots. j
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5 After failing his 11-plus, Mr j
5 !rescott went to a secondary modern U
5 school in Ellesmeri Port, leaving j
5 at 15 to become a trainee chef. j
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5 Two years later, he joinjd the j
5 Cunard passjnger linj as a steward. j
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