Personal Life
Sayers' father, Pete Sayers, who died in 2005, was a bluegrass musician who was the first Englishman to appear at the Grand Ole Opry. He also appreared in the International Country Music Festival at Wembley, toured with George Hamilton IV and hosted a breakfast television programme in the United States. Goldie Sayers attended King's School, Ely. She played hockey, netball and tennis at county level, and was an under 11 national table tennis champion. She changed her name to Goldie by deed poll when she was 17 years old.
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“The dialectic between change and continuity is a painful but deeply instructive one, in personal life as in the life of a people. To ‘see the light’ too often has meant rejecting the treasures found in darkness.”
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