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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lawrence Ostlere

‘My grandads took their own lives – I want to save other families from what we went through’

Will Vaulks: ‘In life, if we address the issue and talk about it, usually it will help' - (Getty Images)

Will Vaulks was close to both of his grandfathers.

“Grandad Tom, my dad’s dad, he took his own life first. He was very much like Jack the lad. He had a red Kawasaki 500 motorbike. He used to have a phrase when he looked after us: he’d say ‘when the cat’s away, the mice will play’, which was essentially when Mum and Dad weren’t there, there were no rules. He was brilliant fun.

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