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==Early life== Secombe was born in [[St Thomas, Swansea]], the third of four children of Nellie Jane Gladys (nΓ©e Davies), a shop manageress, and Frederick Ernest Secombe, a travelling salesperson and office worker for a Swansea wholesale grocery business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/harrysecombe.shtml|title=Sir Harry Secombe|access-date=2 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729144318/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/harrysecombe.shtml|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bookref1">{{cite book|last=Secombe|first=Harry|title=Arias & raspberries: the autobiography of Harry Secombe. 'The raspberry years'., Volume 1|publisher=Robson|year=1989|page=14|isbn=0-86051-624-5}}</ref><ref name="bookref2">{{cite book|last=Gale|first=Steven H.|title=Encyclopedia of British humorists|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1995|page=926|isbn=0-8240-5990-5}}</ref> From the age of 11 he attended [[Dynevor School, Swansea|Dynevor School]], a state grammar school in central Swansea. His family were regular churchgoers, belonging to the congregation of St Thomas Church. A member of the choir, from the age of 12 Secombe would perform a sketch entitled ''The Welsh Courtship'' at church socials, acting as "feed" to his sister Carol. His elder brother, [[Fred Secombe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1316865/Flowers-and-fond-farewells-for-Sir-Harry.html|title=Flowers and fond farewells for Sir Harry|first=Richard|last=Alleyne|date=21 April 2001 }}</ref> became the author of several books about his experiences as an Anglican priest and rector.
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