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[On his grandmother] She was blind and her legs went gangrenous, but she was the most important woman I've ever known, untutored and very strong.

— Trevor Griffiths

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Griffith lived with his grandmother from the age of two; his family could not afford a family home as his father gambled too much on greyhounds.

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