My husband never felt particularly disturbed that he and his father were different in that area, so again, we were on our own.

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While the job involves working with much higher voltage levels and different methods of testing equipment, he says he felt prepared for the role.

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He also felt big savings in bureaucracy could be made by combining the functions of the three different authorities in Bedfordshire.

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