veda steeled herself for the 'self-made man ' routine- - i 'ad it tough , - 'ad to leave school to support mi ol ' man who 'ad a bad back , - young 'uns today don ' know they 're born - we ate spud peel and scrapings o ' marge , and we were lucky - an ' lived in a shoe box in t'road wi ' forty-six o ' us huddlin ' together for fear o ' t ' traffic etc .