Singer Petula:

I have never had a normal life

- CARLA FERIC

DOWNTOWN singer Petula Clark has said she "never had a normal life", as she reflected on her 80-year-long career.

The 93-year-old, real name Sally Olwen Clark, started her career aged nine, when she began working as a child entertainer on BBC Radio 2 during the Second World War.

Clark, who has worked in the industry for eight decades, has discussed the "pressures" of being a performer.

Speaking to Yours magazine, she said: "Being famous as a child meant I never had a normal life.

"None of us did during the war, but the pressures of performing were there so early.

"Later on, I did suffer from depression, and I had to get help."