Things could have turned out very differently for Dave Hill. Although he is now in charge of children’s services at one of England’s largest local authorities, he nearly ventured on an alternative career path. A desire to become a famous actor prompted him to spend a year at drama school in the 1970s, and involvement in professional productions ensued. The pivotal decision came in 1977 when, in the same week he was offered a job in a children’s home in Southwark, he received a call offering up a role in a West End production of rock opera Tommy.
“Of course, the two weren’t compatible, “ Hill quips. “I took the job in the children’s home. Tommy closed after three weeks, because nobody wanted to see it. It was a pretty terrible production as it goes. That was the moment when I worked out I wasn’t going to be an actor, I was going to work with children.”
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