bˌʌt ðə sˈʌtklɪfs lˈɪvd lˈɑːɹdʒli sˈɛpɹət lˈaɪvz ænd wɜː nˈɛvɚ blˈɛst wɪð tʃˈɪldɹən, ænd səksˈɛsɪv dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃənz ʌv skˈuːlbɔɪz kˈɑːnstɪtˌuːɾᵻd wˈʌt wʌz, ɪn ɪfˈɛkt, hɪz ɛkstˈɛndᵻd klˈɪftən fˈæmɪli.
But the Sutcliffe's lived largely separate lives and were never blessed with children, and successive generations of schoolboys constituted what was, in effect, his extended ‘Clifton’ family.