Ricky tomlinson autobiography definition
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Ricky tomlinson autobiography definition
Best known as the cantankerous dad in The Royle Family, Ricky Tomlinson won another kind of fame 30 years ago when he was jailed after the construction strike. He spoke to us about plastering, union militancy and his new autobiography
For a start, his name is Eric, though only Her Majesty's Prison Service ever seems to have called him that. And although he has a reputation as a left-wing militant who later made it big on the box, he started out as red, white and blue Tory who had much more in common with Alf Garnett than Arthur Scargill.
Another surprise is that the "my arse" layabout Jim Royle in BBC comedy The Royle Family was once a skilled tradesman, a plasterer who served a six-year apprenticeship.
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Thirty years since he was forced to put down his plasterer's float, it is still in the bone. It is a source of pride to him that the firm he worked for from to demanded high standards from its tradesmen. Tomlinson