and we all learned to sing. that's how i used to entertain one another. and then they would introduce me. so i would brought my pyjamas aged three and i would do aljolson impersonations. so i would come out, stand on the bunker, which i realised was my first stage. and i remember the effect on the room and it was the effect on the room, i thought, "what happens to humans...?" i mean, i was a wee boy, but it was something about the collective coming together in a harmonious state. but that harmony would soon be shattered. cox's father had lost thousands investing in property and was virtually penniless when he was diagnosed aged 51 with pancreatic cancer. do you remember being told, the moment you were told that your dad was ill? well, i didn't know my dad was ill. all i knew was in hospital. i didn't know how because i was eight. i mean, yeah, there was not i mean, ijust came home