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From: The People (London, England) | Date: April 24, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: ABBY LENEHAN

Sitting with the door to his room closed, I could hear my brother, Tom, then 21, playing his guitar as my mates and I danced down the stairs ready for a big night out on the town.

OSee you later, Tom!O I called through his door.

I had another brother, Joshua, who was 12, but Tom, a chef, was just two years older than me. But, even though we were close in age, we were total opposites in other respects.

He was laid-back, did everything slowly and was into alternative music, whereas I was always buzzing with energy, did everything at twice the ...

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