Hollywood heartthrob Cary Grant memorialised on impoverished street where his unlikely story began

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He lit up the silver screen and enthralled a generation in films such as North by Northwest and Charade. But Cary Grant’s life as a Hollywood heartthrob was a million miles away from his early life on the impoverished streets of Bristol. And now national blue plaque will shine a light on the rags to riches story of Archie Leach – the boy who ran away from home at 14, joining an acrobatic troupe. Cary grew up in the Horfield area of Bristol to a working-class family. Born into extreme hardship