A Quote by John Bishop

I grew up on a council estate. No one was working in our house.

John Bishop

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John Bishop
British - Comedian
Born: November 30, 1966

I grew up moving from one council flat to another and finished up in a three-bedroom semi-detached on a council estate in Cranford, a suburb of Hounslow. This was in the days when there was still rationing, and we had to be thrifty.

Ian Gillan

I grew up on a council estate.

Wunmi Mosaku

I grew up on a council estate when I was younger.

Kyle Walker

The council estate I grew up on wasn't too bad.

Craig David

Mine wasn't a lakes-and-boats kind of childhood. I grew up on a Glasgow council estate with a single mother. For our holidays, we went to Grandma and Grandad's caravan near Aberfoyle.

Kelly Macdonald

I grew up on a council estate in Camden and my mum and dad split up when I was about seven.

Roisin Conaty

I'm not part of a middle-class establishment. I'm working class, and I grew up in a council house.

Sharon Maguire

I grew up on a council estate in south London; my dad was a bus driver and my mum sewed clothes to bring in extra money. My parents worked hard and were able to save up and buy a home for our family.

Sadiq Khan

When I grew up, I was living on a council estate overlooking a car park for a good 16 years of my life.

Craig David

I grew up on a poor council estate so I know what it feels like not to have the money to dress as you'd like.

Gok Wan

When I gave up my office job and became a full-time professional photographer, my fortunes certainly improved markedly. We moved away from the council estate into our own house and for the first time in my life, I had a little spare money.

Derek Ridgers

I grew up in northwest London on a council estate. My parents are Irish immigrants who came over here when they were very young and worked in menial jobs all their lives, and I'm one of many siblings.

Amanda Hale

Gordon Ramsay grew up in a tourist town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in a part tourists don't visit - a council estate: a concrete bunker subsidized by the local government, synonymous with deprivation and blight.

Bill Buford

As soon as I speak, I think people go, 'Well, he obviously must have grown up on a council estate, gone to a comprehensive school and be working class - so I can relate to him.'

John Bishop

I grew up on a council estate in Luton, and as a child, I was very much into the brass-band tradition. I was basically a Salvation Army boy. My English granddad bought me a cornet when I was five years old.

Colin Salmon

I am deeply humbled by the hope and trust that Londoners have placed in me. I grew up on a council estate just a few miles from City Hall, and I never imagined that Londoners would one day elect someone like me to lead our great capital city.

Sadiq Khan

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