You were born in Rochdale. Do you still feel connected to the north of England?
I’m 35 and left the north when I was 18, but I go back as often as I can. Even though accents don’t define who someone is, it’s weird for me to hear very different sounds coming out of [my daughter] Gracie’s mouth. We live down south but my roots are still very much there. For my last two jobs, I’ve been using my northern accent for the first time since Brookside.
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