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Thompson trio - continued from page 3
"Everyone's always asking what babies it was tough but it became
it's like being a triplet but it's nor- easier when they got older because
mal, it's how we've grown up. I've they liked to do the same things
never resented it - we've always - I was only entertaining one age
been friends and we still are. We group. They never had to start any-
hung about together and our three thing on their own or go anywhere
groups of friends were friends." alone, so they never had problems
Ollie added, "it was an open that others may have had, and that
house, we always had people had advantages.
round and I liked that. We had little “When they fi rst left I was a bit
squabbles, perhaps the girls ganged bereft but Ollie stayed that fi rst year;
up on me, but now we've all gone then we were always visiting them Right, from the October 1999 Link, Linda and Nigel,
our own ways we appreciate each with food parcels. with Natasha, Oliver and Katherine
other more." "The traumatic times were
Mum Linda said bringing up preparing for exams and waiting But the three of them pulled each Natasha, who has just started
three at the same time was hard, for the results - the simultaneous other along because of it." teaching at a primary school in Brix-
but had benefi ts. "When they were competitiveness was quite tricky. And with 13 GCSEs each, three A ton, concluded, "it's brilliant being
levels each and a degree each, the a triplet - there's always someone
threesome are set up for the future. there for you."
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