Bobby Brazier has had his followers reminiscing about his late mother's career move as he was seen partaking in an interesting holiday activity. The Strictly Come Dancing star has been soaking up the sun and enjoying some downtime in Mauritius following the end of the show.
BBC Strictly Come Dancing Final: Layton Williams' mum reveals how he went from the Dicky Bird estate to the top
16.12.2023 - 15:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Standing in the classroom where she taught a Strictly Come Dancing finalist as a year six pupil, Joanne Morris reflects on the enormity of his achievements. St Paul's CE Primary School stands to the west of the Dickie Bird estate, on the edge of Bury.
Famous for being split in the middle by the M66 motorway, the Dickie Bird is in the top one percent most deprived areas in the country. It's the estate where stage and screen actor Layton Williams grew up as a young boy - and St Paul's is where his talent first shone.
"I think the biggest thing is how proud we are," Joanne, now headteacher at St Paul's, tells the Manchester Evening News. She looks towards the Dickie Bird estate and says: "I'm very emotional, I could cry thinking about how that tiny boy, that lives on a back street up there, from one of the most deprived areas in the country, is now on Strictly Come Dancing."
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As a young boy, Layton 'never really had dreams' of the career he would go on to enjoy. It was his performance of Captain Hook, in a school production of Peter Pan, with parts Joanne had re-written for the school's pupils, that set Layton on a path that would ultimately lead to the Strictly final tonight (Saturday, December 16).
"He played Captain Hook and had a standing ovation," Michelle Forshaw, Layton's mum, told the M.E.N this week. "People were throwing roses at him. I was like 'woah, this boy has got to get on stage'."
Joanne recalls being approached by Layton's watching relatives moments after the play ended, and told 'we didn't realise how good he was'.
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