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> [I was an only child. Both my parents came from working-class families in Hackney, east London.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-was-an-only-child-both-my-parents-came-from-working-class-families/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/tony-robinson-15327_child_i-was-an-only-child-both-my-parents-came_100265.jpg)

> ['Top Boy,' for some people, was very controversial because it seemed to be portraying black people in a certain light that they thought to be stereotypical. However, what I would say is that the writer went and lived in Hackney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clare-hope-ashitey/top-boy-for-some-people-was-very-controversial-because-it-seemed-to/)

[Clare-Hope Ashitey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clare-hope-ashitey/)

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