Act of kindness that saved Home Secretary from the orphanage [Scot Region]
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ALAN JOHNSON was brought up by a 'surrogate' family after his mother died when he was 12.
In a remarkable act of kindness, London Underground engineer Albert Cox and his wife, Pat, who worked part-time in a fish and chip shop, came to the aid of the schoolboy, and took him into their modest home. In 1962, three years after their father had walked out on them, Alan and his elder sister Linda were effectively orphaned when their mother, Lilian, died of a heart attack.See the full content of this document
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Act of kindness that saved Home Secretary from the orphanage [Scot Region]
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He faced going into a Barnardo's home but Linda persuaded child welfare officers to let them have a council maisonette together - even ...See the full content of this document
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