I grew up in a one-bedroom flat with my mum. She worked…

I'm going to repay my mum so much because she has kept my feet on the ground.

— Kyle Walker

My mum has always kept my feet on the ground and told me that if I carry on working hard it will pay off.…

— Ross Barkley

It's impossible to let fame go to your head when you still live in North Shields in a flat with your mum.

— Sam Fender

Growing up in a terraced house in Wolverhampton, just me and my mum, I don't know where I got my love of sport from.

— Denise Lewis

I lived with my parents and my older brother in a small, three-bedroom terraced house in Northfield Road, Hull. It was in the part…

— Maureen Lipman

“I used to wonder why... Mum kept having babies... that was the only pleasure poor people could afford . It cost nothing--at least at…

— Margaret Powell

I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different.

— Lily Collins

In the nicest possible way, my first job was at Sainsbury's - my mum worked there, and I was a bag packer.

— Karen Carney

My grandma divorced my granddad and became a finance manager to get her own house, and my mum worked very hard to make sure…

— Jade Bird

I'm still hungry. I'm still striving... You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always…

— Dillian Whyte

I have a humble background. My dad was a coal miner. My mum worked a receptionist. I was one of the first people in…

— Gail Bradbrook

Mum worked for a London dressmaker before she married. When she was forced to give up work after her marriage, she carried on dressmaking…

— Vera Lynn

I want my girls to grow up learning that it is important their mum worked like a man.

— Katie Hopkins

When I was born, my dad was a scaffolder, and my mum worked in a chip shop. Then my mum taught herself how to…

— Timothy Spall

We lived above my father's launderette. Both my parents ran the launderette, but my father was also a factory supervisor, and my mum worked…

— Sanjeev Bhaskar