He is shocked to learn that the Oxberry on the catalog is Francis Lee’s and the school would use it only a few hours a semester.
His toilet roll manufacturing business once employed famous comedian Peter Kay, who mentions his time there in his autobiography "The Sound Of Laughter".
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Lee retained a shareholding after leaving the board of directors but later sold all his shares to Thaksin Shinawatra.
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In addition to his business ventures, Lee also had a career as a racehorse trainer.
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After five years at with City, having played 142 games, some as captain, he joined Blackburn Rovers in March 1996 for £3.5m after City were going through financial difficulties and their then chairman Francis Lee told the then manager Alan Ball to sell their most profitable player, which turned out to be Flitcroft.