“My children call her ‘Auntie Telly!’”
NEIL BRUCE, 55, IS
HEAD OF WINE AT THE PUB CHAIN FULLER’S. HE LIVES IN LONDON WITH HIS WIFE LISA AND THEIR TWO SONS – MACKIE, 17, AND BILLY, 12. NEIL I’M TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLDER THAN FIONA SO GROWING UP, I’M AFRAID I USED TO PLAY WITH MY OLDER BROTHER MORE THAN FIONA… FIONA BUT HE DID LET ME BORROW HIS ACTION MAN, SO THERE WOULD BE ROMANCES BETWEEN ACTION MAN AND SINDY! I WAS A GIRLY GIRL, SO I PLAYED WITH MY DOLLS. I WASN’T TERRIBLY INTERESTED IN NEIL AND ALASDAIR [HER ELDEST BROTHER].
NEIL BUT WHEN WE MOVED TO LONDON WHEN I WAS 18, I CERTAINLY BECAME MORE INTERESTED IN FIONA… FIONA WELL, YOU WERE CERTAINLY MORE INTERESTED IN MY FRIENDS!
NEIL I DID GO OUT WITH
THE SISTER OF ONE OF
FIONA’S FRIENDS.
FIONA AND I FANCIED
YOUR FRIEND MATT!
NEIL AT SCHOOL, FIONA WAS AN A-STAR PUPIL – I WASN’T. I COULD HAVE DONE WITH MORE DRIVE, LIKE FIONA. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HER, THOUGH, THAT NOT ONLY WAS SHE TOP OF THE CLASS, BUT ONE OF HER BEST MATES WAS ALSO TOP OF THE CLASS, AND THEY’RE STILL FRIENDS. WE NOW LIVE A COUPLE OF STREETS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER IN NORTH LONDON… FIONA AND I WISH WE COULD SEE EACH OTHER MORE. IF I WAS UP AGAINST IT, NEIL WOULD BE THERE FOR ME. AND THAT’S A MASSIVE THING – TO HAVE THAT UNQUESTIONING SUPPORT. I DO GET A BIT TWITCHY IF I DON’T SEE NEIL FOR A WHILE. NEIL OUR CHILDREN, THE COUSINS, GET ALONG – THEY CALL FIONA “AUNTIE TELLY!”