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Siobhan Macdonald

Lulu opens up about 'always being hungry' in post-war Glasgow

Scots singer Lulu opened up about what it was like to grow up in post-war Glasgow, as she admits to being "always hungry".

Lulu was born in Lennoxtown, East Dumbartonshire, before moving to Dennistoun where the she grew up.

Speaking on the BBC programme The Queen: 70 Glorious Years, Lulu said: “When I went to school the thing I looked forward to, when I was little, was the little tiny bottle of milk that they’d give you mid-morning.

"I was always hungry. I was always hungry as a child."

Lulu also spoke of the more basic living conditions of the time.

Scottish singer Lulu pictured at Heathrow Airport in 1970 (Mirror)

She said: “I would literally have a bath in front of the fire in a zinc bath once a week.

“The rest of the time I would get my legs up over the sink and be washing.

"There were industrial wash houses, you'd get in there and there's these huge industrial machines that you'd pile all your washing in and pull it out hang everything into the drier and put it in and wait until it dried, then fold it."

Another Scots star made an appearance, as John Barrowman discussed how far LGBTQ+ rights have come since the beginning of the Queens reign.

He said: "I think that from the Queen's reign in the 50s when being gay was illegal, to civil partnership - it was momentous.

"You were accepted and that was a huge deal."

A host of famous faces, including Anita Dobson, Paul McCartney, Mary Berry, David Attenborough, Boy George, Alisha Dixon and more reflected on the Queen's reign.

You can watch The Queen: 70 Glorious Years on BBC iPlayer.

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