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Louise Jury
Sunday 02 June 1996 18:02 EDT
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A DIY enthusiast who has spent the last year doing up his Victorian home woke yesterday to discover it collapsing around him and his family. Mechanic David Page and his wife Carol, were alerted to the disaster when their two children ran into the bedroom shouting: "Wake up, quick - the house is falling down."

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