THE Repair Shop's Jay Blade reveals he was beaten up and spat on by racists as he grew up in "tough" area of Hackney. The furniture restorer and host on the popular BBC One show has opened up about his childhood growing up in London.
Jay revealed his mum brought him and his brother up alone and they faced discrimination from people in the area - and the school. "Money was always a struggle when I was a kid," he told The Sunday Times Magazine. "Dad disappeared, so Mum brought me and my brother up alone.
You don't know how poor you are because you don't know any different. "Hackney was a tough area - the Krays once lived down the road.
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