I REMEMBER… Paul Nicholas

…I WAS BORN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN 1944 and I remember having a lot of powdered eggs because of rationing. I also remember our three-bedroom council house in North London being pretty crowded because my parents, myself, my father’s sisters and my grandmother all lived there. Listening to the radio was a big pastime. When I was around age six, we’d go see Hollywood movies at the cinema, films like Easter Parade which brought a splash of colour to what was otherwise a rather black-and-white existence. I was told that when I came home I’d practise tap dancing on the lino.

…MY MOTHER WORKED FOR THE BOARD OF TRADE and my father was studying to be a lawyer. He’d go across to the local park with his books to study in