The True Life Story of Farooq Ali - Part 1 - The Goat

My brother Farooq Ali was born 28 July 1977. He was the second child and the first boy born in our family. He lived on St Stephens Road in Bradford and then later moved to Hastings Street in BD5.
He was loved by all that had the pleasure of meeting him. He was the favourite child and was spoilt by all his family. 

Farooq went to Pakistan when he was very young and stayed there for 4-5 years. He was taken everywhere and showed the numerous wonders of Pakistan. Farooq was attached to the goats on a nearby farm. (There's another story consisting of Farooq's obsession with Goats which I will go into later). 

Farooq loved eating sweets and always went to the same person who was extremely kind to him that lived on Hastings Street. He was nicknamed Foxy. 🦊

I'm not sure why he was called that. The only explanation I could get out of Farooq was that he was sly but I never encountered that. Stories were told of something happening that was traitorish but the details were always skewered and me being me, I asked a lot of questions, hoping to understand why I should not be able to talk to someone - I was given the answers in parts through various individuals which I had to put together. (more on this later) 

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