Biography
Hislop was born into a close Scottish Borders family, and grew up in the village of Chesters, near the town of Hawick, with his father Sandy, mother Margaret and best friend/younger brother Garry. Their father inspired the boys to take up motorcycle racing, but when Garry was killed in a motorbike accident at Silloth in 1982 aged 19, and his father had died three years earlier from a heart attack, Hislop slumped into an alcohol inspired depression.
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