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Anna Kelsey-Sugg and Julian Morrow for Sunday Extra

John Francis decided not to speak for a day. It turned into 17 'wonderful' years of silence

When John Francis first spoke after choosing not to for 17 years, he didn't recognise his own voice.

He looked around to see who was talking, marvelling that, "There's someone behind me saying what I'm thinking".

Then he realised the person was him.

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