Editing Mike Read (section)

==Early life==
Michael David Kenneth Read was born 1 March 1947 in [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]], north of [[Manchester]], the only child of a publican.<ref name="Wilde man"/><ref>{{cite tweet|last=Read|first=Mike|user=MikeReadUK|title="@CharismaLabel: @MikeReadUK Happy birthday Mike." Thank you. Let's raise a glass to #TonyStrattonSmith!|number=572101555199082498|date=1 March 2015|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> The family moved from Manchester to [[Walton-on-Thames]], [[Surrey]], when he was an infant. He attended Woking Grammar School followed by a sixth-form college. Later, Read worked as an [[estate agent]], and recorded under various names, including Mickey Manchester.<ref name="Wilde man">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/mike-read-wilde-man-28295.html| date=17 October 2004| first=Robert| last=Chalmers| title=Mike Read: Wilde man| newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |access-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041022085556/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=571549|archive-date=22 October 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>