Editing Bernard Cribbins (section)

==Early life==
Bernard Joseph Cribbins was born on 29 December 1928 in the [[Derker]] area of [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], the son of [[First World War]] veteran John Edward Cribbins (1896–1964) and Ethel (''née'' Clarkson; 1898–1989), a cotton weaver.<ref name="BBCobit">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Bernard Cribbins |work=BBC News |date=28 July 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13099773 |access-date=28 July 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728083826/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13099773 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Coveney /> He had two sisters, alongside whom he grew up close to poverty.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Dominic |date=November 28, 2018 |title=Bernard Cribbins — nearly 90 and still the nation's favourite uncle |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=[[The Times]] |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101230636/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bernard-cribbins-nearly-90-and-still-the-nations-favourite-uncle-99zmr63f2 |url-status=live }}</ref> He described his father, who was of Irish descent, as a "[[Jack of all trades, master of none|jack of all trades]]" who also dabbled in acting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hepburn |first=David |date=July 28, 2022 |title=Bernard Cribbins dies at age 93: Who was the Doctor Who actor, how did he find fame and what was he best known for? |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/bernard-cribbins-dies-at-age-93-who-was-the-doctor-who-actor-how-did-he-find-fame-and-what-was-he-best-known-for-3784966 |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=[[The Scotsman]] |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728230214/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/bernard-cribbins-dies-at-age-93-who-was-the-doctor-who-actor-how-did-he-find-fame-and-what-was-he-best-known-for-3784966 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cribbins left school at the age of 13 and found a job as an [[assistant stage manager]] at a local theatre club, where he also took on some small acting roles,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/24/bernard-cribbins-cbeebies-prom|title=Bernard Cribbins: 'I made Noël Coward's favourite record'|first=Simon|last=Hattenstone|date=24 July 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728220357/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jul/24/bernard-cribbins-cbeebies-prom|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/bernard-cribbins-lancashire-s-theatrical-treasure-1-1636558|title=Bernard Cribbins, Lancashire's theatrical treasure|website=Lancashire Life|date=9 February 2010|access-date=15 July 2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715184122/https://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/bernard-cribbins-lancashire-s-theatrical-treasure-1-1636558|url-status=live}}</ref> and then served an apprenticeship at the [[Oldham Coliseum Theatre|Oldham Repertory Theatre]].<ref name="bbc2022">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Bernard Cribbins |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13099773 |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=28 July 2022}}</ref>  In 1947, he began [[Conscription in the United Kingdom#After 1945|national service]] with the [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] in [[Aldershot|Aldershot, Hampshire]],<ref name="GavBark">{{cite web |url=http://www.gavinbarkerassociates.co.uk/actors/bernard-cribbins.htm |title=Bernard Cribbins |website=Gavin Barker Associates |access-date=5 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503124443/http://www.gavinbarkerassociates.co.uk/actors/bernard-cribbins.htm |archive-date=3 May 2008 }}</ref> including a posting to [[Mandatory Palestine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call: Private Bernard Cribbins, OBE |website=ParaData |url=http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/bernard-cribbins |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064747/http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/bernard-cribbins |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bbc2022"/>