(27 May 2014, 10:26 pm)AdamY wrote Like Andreos, my parents allowed my brother and I to choose our own political and religious allegiances. My father, who comes from a middle-class background, is a Conservative while my mother, who comes from a working-class background, identifies herself as a Socialist. Despite their respective political dispositions, I don't recall any arguments or discussion about politics during my childhood. However, I was aware of the Miners Strike, Trade Unions and, of course, Picket Lines so I can only presume that this must have been talked about at some point. Religion never came up at all as we never to church as a family and neither my brother or myself are Christened or Baptised.
Aside from my mother and father, family members from both sides have been political participants in some way. My father's uncle (my Grandma's brother) has had an article written about him in the journal of the North East Labour History Society which can be accessed through the following link if you fancy a read: http://nelh.net/who-was-who/lionel-anwell/
Someone on my mothers side chained himself to the doors of Blaydon Council Offices during the Great Strike of 1926. Also, one of my cousins (on my dad's side) is the partner (not sure if they're married) of the UK head of a very well-known international lobby group. He has appeared on Newsnight on numerous occasions and apparently receives Christmas Cards from David Cameron. Although I've haven't met him, I get the impression that my mam and dad weren't impressed by him.
When it came to religion, it was never in our house, I have been christened as a baby and always identified as being CofE, but did not start regularly attending church till October last year, a pentecostal church in Sunderland