Julie Sykes
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Name:
Julie Sykes
Birthday:
My birthday month is August
Place of birth:
Kingston upon Thames
Places I’ve lived:
My family moved to Australia just after I was born but returned to England in time for me to start school. I was educated in Surrey and lived there until I got married. I now live in the south of England with my husband and our three children. We used to live on a fish farm, which we shared with 300,000 rainbow trout. We share our current home with a few goldfish and a white wolf cunningly disguised as a dog.
Jobs:
I’ve worked in a kennels, shops,
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