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Ricky Tomlinson

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Ricky Tomlinson
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Ricky Tomlinson was a Liverpool plasterer and trade union activist, jailed in 1973 as one of the Shrewsbury pickets, a conviction overturned in 2021. Blacklisted from building work after his release, he performed in working men's clubs, joined the cast of Brookside in 1982 and went on to Ken Loach's Riff-Raff, Cracker and The Royle Family, without any formal training.
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