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• Early life • Billy Connolly was christened William Connolly Jr. Billy Connolly • Poor, wee Willie • He was named after his father, William Connolly • School Life Sr. By Françoise Borderie • Jobs before fame & fortune • He was born on 24 th November 1942 at 65 Dover • Achievements Street, Anderston, Glasgow Enter • End Slide

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Jobs before fame & Poor, wee Willie School Life fortune • William was sexually abused by his father • Billy went to St. Peter’s Primary School, in Glasgow • At the age of 15 Billy left school to become a welder • He then went to St. Gerard’s Secondary School, in Govan (boilermaker) • This happened when he was ten • At the age of 12 he decided he wanted to become a comedian • Around the same time, he joined the Territorial Army • This lasted for five or six years • He did not feel he fitted the mould to be a comedian and had to Reserve become more “ windswept and interesting” • After a 5 -year apprenticeship as a boilermaker, William Hello • At the age of 15 he left school to become a welder (boilermaker) accepted a ten-week job, building an oil rig in Nigeria there! • Around the same time, he joined the Territorial Army Reserve I’m nicknamed Back to Contents Slide Back to Contents Slide The Big Back to Contents Slide Yin! To next slide To next slide To next slide

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• Billy produced breakthrough albums in late 1973, that • Billy Connolly is now 65 and has had 2 hinted what was to come wives • Billy went onto the BBC’s TV talk show, Parkinson and • Thank you for watching… made a hilarious joke about a man murdering his wife • His success spread to Australia, New Zealand and • Françoise Borderie Canada Websites I used What can I do for en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Conno my next act? lly Back to Contents Slide Back to Title Slide To next slide

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