Reminiscing about influential people in her life, Countdown legend Carol Vorderman reveals it’s not just maths she’s mastered - she’s also ‘Queen of Wenglish.’ Growing up in North Wales, she says her maths teacher Mr Parry - who she’s still in touch with - inspired her knack for numbers and her passion for politics. Carol, 65 , says: “I grew up in the black and white days in the 1960s, and we lived in abject poverty. I’ll never forget the people that were kind to me and my mum. One was my maths