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Jack Bines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father 1 in the cotton mills of Blackburn, Lancashire in the 1920s, but he was often 2 to work because of poor health. The family couldn't 3 to pay the rent, and the children often went 4 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was wondering 5 to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own 6
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not plentiful, and Jack (without7 his parents' advice) saw a future in scrap metal. He bought bits of metal and stored them in an old garage. When he had built up a sizeable amount, he sold it and 8 plenty of money.
Jack 9 working hard．After one year he succeeded in 10 the ￡ 100 and he also 11 to give Mr Walker 100% interest to thank him for his generosity.
By the time Jack was 30 years old he 12 his first million, and he wanted to celebrate this progress 13 doing something “great”. With all his money 14 was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1939, “Baines Castle” was built in the 15 of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡ 5 million, 16 Jack still can't get used to 17 . He can often be found drinking with the locals at the local pub．
“I remember being very 18 as a child, but 19 unhappy as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget 20 I came from and who I am.”
Lancashire people are proud of their local hero.
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