Leeds locals reflect on their brothers and sisters to mark ‘National Siblings Day’ which is celebrated on April 10th each year.
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00:00Shout out to Maisie and Bridget. They're great sisters. I don't see them as often as I'd like to.
00:06They both still live in Hull, where I'm from, but I don't. I live in Leeds, so I just wish I could see them more.
00:12I've got a sister. She's a few years older than me. She's 28. She lives in Nottingham with a boyfriend.
00:18We used to be very close. When I was close now, just a few differences and issues over the last few years.
00:24But yeah, someday we'll be fine again. I can feel it.
00:29The bonds that you build that you don't recognise when you're small, and then you go your separate ways.
00:35Siblings, I'm originally from the Midlands, then moved up and established more in Yorkshire now.
00:41And then I've got brothers and sisters in the Midlands, but also over in Lancashire.
00:46But the older that you get, the more you almost miss them, and the more those bonds come through.
00:54I remember as a kid in a park, just like pushing a swing like this, and my sister was like really tiny because she's littler than me.
01:02And her head was the height of the swing, and it went into her. And she had a bruise for like two months.
01:08So I'm always grateful that she forgave me for that.
01:10I've got three brothers and three sisters, and I love all of them equally. No favourites, just love all of them equally.
01:16I'm the youngest of a family of four, and I'm 72. I've got one sister still living, who's 16 years older than me.
01:22But a sister and brother, they died years ago. And being the youngest in a family like that, it's not fun.
01:28It kills how old you get, they still treat you like you're a kid.
01:31But funnily enough, one of my earliest memories is of my sister who's still living.
01:36When I was about two, three maybe, we moved house, walking up the steps, and all of a sudden a bannister came off in her hand.
01:43That's the first funny thing I ever remember laughing at.
01:45When I was little, I used to share a bedroom with my middle sister, and in the middle of the night at like 2am, we would wake up, put a CD in the CD player, turn on actual disco lights, and just start having a disco in the middle of the night.
01:58And my mum and dad would despair. But yeah, that's my favourite memory of my middle sister, Bridget.
02:04Younger sister lives back in Derby. My elder brother's just moved to the Portsmouth area.
02:08For lots of years, my brother spent in the Royal Navy, so I didn't see him an awful lot.
02:12My sister, standout time. It would have to be one of her many parties in her younger days.
02:19I'm the little girl of the family. My brothers are like five, eight years older than me.
02:24I think growing up is the best bit when you see their lives kind of going together.
02:28I mean, my brother got engaged last year, and it's just so emotional.
02:32And it's just nice seeing us all grow up together, go off, have our separate lives, we'll come back together.
02:37I have two siblings, who I'm very proud of, and had a very happy childhood.
02:43Shout out to my brother Daniel, who once scored 100, and the local newspaper published a big picture of me having scored the 100.
02:54So thank you, Daniel, for my moment of fame. I owe it all to you.