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so in the corner of my office at home I've got this bookcase it's a

rubbish little thing it's about 60 centimeters long and he hasn't really got

any proper horizontal or vertigals in it. It's really quite rubbish. But I keep it because it's the first thing I remember

making. I made it in school

woodwork class and I remember putting it together and having cut everything

and planed it and fitted it. But mainly I remember the incredible pride of

taking it home and showing it to my family.

And I think I keep it because that's the thing that gave me the DIY bug.

From that point onwards, I've just always, whenever I've had the opportunity,

done it myself, trying to find some way of getting

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