![]() ![]() He failed the scholarship exam, which denied him a grammar school education, and on finishing his school career he also failed to gain admission to teacher training college. ![]() He attended the village school at Carlton Miniott. His brother Raymond, who was also a station master, called him Lloyd.Ĭarr's early life was shaped by failure. He adopted the names Jim and James in adulthood. Carr was given the same Christian name as his father and the middle name Lloyd, after David Lloyd George, the Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer. ![]() His father Joseph, the eleventh son of a farmer, went to work for the railways, eventually becoming a station master for the North Eastern Railway. He failed the scholarship exam, which denied him a grammar school education, and on finishing his school career he also failed to gain admission to t Carr was born in Thirsk Junction, Carlton Miniott, Yorkshire, into a Wesleyan Methodist family. ![]() His brother Raymond, who was also a station master, called him Lloyd. Carr was born in Thirsk Junction, Carlton Miniott, Yorkshire, into a Wesleyan Methodist family. ![]()
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