GREAT
GRIMSBY CONSTITUENCY
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BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS Born 19 September
1934 in Baildon, Yorkshire, son of a rayon dyer, educated Woodbottom
Council School and Bingley Grammar School. Then Manchester University
(French and History, BA and MA) and Oxford University (DPhil). Labour Candidate for Grimsby 2001. His children, Jonathan and Hannah, grew up in Grimsby attending Lisle Marsden and Hereford Schools. His wife, Linda, is a broadcaster, writer and TV producer. Austin has written more unread books than any other Parliamentarian, most notable are The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise (banned in New Zealand), New Zealand Politics Inaction (ditto), Yorkshire Jokes (banned in Grimsby), Teach Thissen Tyke (ditto), 1945: Britain`s Revolution and Last Time (1964 Election) (banned in New Labour), Farewell My Lords (banned in the Lords).
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