![]() ![]() Hank first attended Todd’s Nook Primary school, followed by Snow Street School when it was re-opened after the war. At that time Hank had a younger brother, Joe, aged 16, still living at home. Hank’s Dad was then in the army, but by the time his son rose to fame, he was a Goods Checker for British Rail. Says Hank : “Every time there was an air raid my Mum would bung me in a drawer with the clothes! I think I’d rather have taken my chance avoiding doodlebugs than get a face full of socks every time the Germans fancied a bash at Newcastle.” The Second World War was the background music of his earliest years. His Auntie Doris lived in No.140, the flat upstairs. ![]() ![]() Hank was born to Joseph and Margaret Rankin at 138, Stanhope Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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