Sadly Pino died in 1968. However, Paul is thrilled to meet a half brother on his dad’s side. His half brother Frankie Pironi, 62, lives in Southend and is one of three siblings Pino had with an Irish Catholic woman. Unbelievably, the two men discover they went to the same school and were there at the same time. He reveals that a local shop owner called Pino was jokingly referred to as his dad when he was growing up. However, tests prove that Phillip Psaila – aka Pino – was in fact Paul’s father. When Paul Connolly was just two weeks old, his mother put him out with the rubbish. “one of the neighbours heard me crying and called the police. They came and got me, and I was taken away by social services.” Born the seventh boy of eight children to an Irish Catholic family in Stratford, in london’s east end, he spent his earliest years living with nuns in a convent.

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Paul Connolly is a very experienced personal trainer, massage therapist and physical rehabilitation expert. He is also an experienced public/motivational speaker and has regularly appeared on TV/radio. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.Shaun, 54, had a happy adoption with wonderful parents but was always curious about his birth parents. When he began looking into his adoption, he made a remarkable discovery.

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Episode one follows two very different stories of men searching for family and the truth about their beginnings. As well as the amazing true story of Paul Connolly, the show helps Shaun Lawrence.

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Despite leaving the care system illiterate, today Paul is a specialist physiotherapist and sports injury expert, personal trainer and best-selling author. He works with charities and advocates for victims of historical child abuse. Above all else, he is the proud father of two boys. Everyman Chelmsford will premiere a new feature film in aid of an Essex children's charity next month. Directed by Steve Crowhurst , who also wrote the script. He made the film under the title Six from Eight . Crowhurst had already taken on Connolly's story in the short film of the same name, which he presented in 2019, in October 2019 in front of the Royal Society of Arts.

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He says: “I love the fact that I’ve been able to give my kids everything I never had. With my sons, it was paramount that they never felt insecure or lonely, or that desperation that I felt. I felt loneliness as a child that was like a physical pain. It’s painful to be that alone. So for my kids, I’m always making sure they know I’m there.” In the end, that is the choice Paul made. He went on to train a-list celebrities like Elle Macpherson in Hollywood and has now written a chart-topping book telling his remarkable story which has been optioned for a movie – all the way from being thrown out with the rubbish to his rise to success.But my birth parents actually stayed together and then decided to get married a year after my birth… Which was quite a surprise, if I’m honest. I didn’t expect that at all.” verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Alastair Campbell tells The Best You what drives him, the struggle with mental illness, the problem with education and... We work by appointment only (requiring at least 24 hours notice of any cancellation or change) in a private air conditioned studio in the Billericay & Brentwood area, but I am glad to say that clients travel from all over to work with us!