Complex sentence: He went to live with his father, stepmother and half-sister in Hastings, Sussex, and in 1951 was approached on the street by a woman who invited him to join a theatrical troupe of dwarves and midgets.
Split into simpler sentences: He went to live with his father, stepmother and half-sister in Hastings, Sussex. In 1951 was approached on the street by a woman who invited him to join a theatrical troupe of dwarves and midgets.