Bagpipes De La Croix

Terry "Bagpipes" De La Croix is one of the main characters in In the Long Run. He is a car factory worker and patriarch of the De La Croix family.

Biography
Bagpipes lives in Leyton with his wife, Kirsty, and their children, Dean and Melissa, the latter of whom is Kirsty's from a different father, nearby the Easmon family. Bagpipes works alongside his neighbor Walter Easmon at the local factory, and spends his evenings in front of the TV or the local pub. Before working at the car factory, Bagpipes used to work in a hardware store, but an incident involving a vacuum cleaner resulted in his expulsion. Bagpipes is extremely intelligent, and with Walter, they often butt heads over political and social disagreements, but they ultimately resolve in agreement. At home, Bagpipes and Kirsty used to be quite a passionate couple, but ever since Kirsty gave birth to a mixed-heritage child, Bagpipes hasn't felt able to trust his wife.

Trivia

 * Despite his nickname, Bagpipes is of English descent.