Early Life
Bernard Matthews was born in 1930 in Brooke, Norfolk, the son of a car mechanic and his housekeeper wife. Skilled at mathematics, he won a scholarship to the City of Norwich School, but found it difficult to settle. As a result of this, he failed his exams. The headmaster refused to let Bernard Matthews' exam failure reduce the school's pass-rate and so Bernard Matthews left school with no qualifications.
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