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"I grew up in Small Heath, Birmingham, known to most as Peaky Blinders
territory. I was interested in football and history at school, and studied art
and design at Aston University. Birmingham has 35 miles of canals, which
intrigued me because my dad was born on a canal boat.
My claim to dull fame came in 2018, when I was named Anorak of the Year by the
Dull Men’s Club. It’s an international collective of people – we welcome
everyone, not just men – who find joy in the mundane. Our motto is “celebrating
the ordinary”. Other members include a drain spotter and a guy who has
collected 20,000 milk bottles. After that, newspapers began to dub me
“Britain’s dullest man”.
I had other brushes with the media before then, too. I run a small print shop
in Redditch, and in 2003 I wanted to create a calendar for our customers.
Redditch had three prisons, no cinema, but copious roundabouts and so, for the
laugh, my employees and I decided on
Roundabouts of Redditch."
Via Garry Knight, who wrote "Living his best life. You go, Kevin!"
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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