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For over 35 years, I worked as a plasterer building, fixing, and shaping the homes, walls, and spaces people live their lives in.
I came from hard work, early mornings, and getting the job done properly.
I came from hard work, early mornings, and getting the job done properly.
The city you see around you — I’ve had a hand in building parts of it.
The city you see around you — I’ve had a hand in building parts of it.
Now I’m doing the same thing again…
Now I’m doing the same thing again…
Just with different tools.
Just with different tools.
Life can change in an instant.
Life can change in an instant.
One moment you’re working, building, moving forward…
One moment you’re working, building, moving forward…
the next, everything stops.
the next, everything stops.
I’m now in a wheelchair.
I’m now in a wheelchair.
No warning. No plan. Just a new reality.
No warning. No plan. Just a new reality.
You can sit there and let it take everything from you…
You can sit there and let it take everything from you…
or you get on with it.
or you get on with it.
Life changed in an instant.
Life changed in an instant.
Wheelchair. No warning.
Wheelchair. No warning.
You either stop…
You either stop…
or you rebuild.
or you rebuild.
Who I Am
Who I Am
My name is Paul Robert Goodwin.
My name is Paul Robert Goodwin.
I was born in Bletchley in August 1968, right at the beginning of Milton Keynes becoming a new city, which was officially announced in November 1967.
I was born in Bletchley in August 1968, right at the beginning of Milton Keynes becoming a new city, which was officially announced in November 1967.
That places me at the very start of something new.
That places me at the very start of something new.
I’ve always felt connected to that idea — being there early, being built through change, and growing alongside something that was still finding its shape.
I’ve always felt connected to that idea — being there early, being built through change, and growing alongside something that was still finding its shape.
In many ways, that story mirrors my own.
In many ways, that story mirrors my own.
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