'I was a little s*** when I was a kid' - Thomas Turgoose on what it was like growing up in Grimsby He says he was a 'little s*** when I was a kid' – but hopes his work ethic would make his late mum proud 16:01, 8 MAY 2021 Actor Thomas Turgoose has spoken about what life was like growing up in Grimsby. He says he was a “little s*** when I was a kid” – but hopes his work ethic would make his late mum proud. The Grimsby-born actor played Shane Meadows in This is England when he was just aged 14. He told NME: “I got given the opportunity but I worked my a*** off.”