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"When I was diagnosed, I had holey bones in my ribs, thighs, spine and skull," said the 68-year-old, who played for Preston North End in the 1980s.

The translator, she continues, also “makes her own holey but still somehow whole thing.”

The Methodist dining hall is the first annual stop for Lane Christianson, who 15 minutes after the fair gates opened was eating the “holey hamloaf breakfast sandwich.”

That includes a so-called "holey hose" - a new type of hose that creates a water curtain of up to two metres high along its length.

The heavy black eyeliner and white-face makeup, the holey fishnets and ratted hair — these also serve as a beacon to fellow misfits, a way of finding your tribe while scaring off the normals.