Ku sii wad qodobkan - Tarmey wuxuu ku dhashay Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire. Muddo yar ka dib dhalashadiisa, wuxuu qoyskiisa ula soo guuray Bradford, Manchester, halkaas oo uu sidoo kale wax ku bartay. Ka dib dhimashadii aabihii William sanadkii 1944 isagoo waday ambulance dagaalkii Arnhem
Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, hooyadiis Lilian waxay guursatay Robert Cleworth. Tarmey wuxuu dhigan jiray Bradford Memorial School iyo Queens Street School (oo noqday Philips Park Secondary Modern School). Markii uu ka baxay iskuulka, waxaa uu tababar u galay aabihii uu dhalay, kaasoo xirfad ahaan ahaa nin asfalto ku shubanaya. Wuxuu sidoo kale sanado badan ka shaqeyn jiray dhismaha.