About Marian

 

A mail from Marian Young née Hughes - July, 2010.  (With her permission.)  A reformed little raver and tinker.

 

Great fun finding this site and bringing back old memories from that time.

(I lived in Malvern Gdns. off Honeypot Lane.)  I was at Chandos from 1960-65 in 'Brockley' … and a prefect for the last two years……… goodness knows why!

I remember Miss Grimley with fear!  Mrs. Adcock was a great art teacher & Mrs. Tyrie a gentle soul.

Most of all I remember some of the girls… and the names are trickling back to me - Gay Ross, Brenda Higgins, Linda Clark, Audrey Pidgeon, Sylvia Tripp, Marsha Leboff, Elaine Hamilton, Joy Hale etc.  I remember some of the boys too - Colin Turner, Eddie Seal, Graham Woodward (a hearthrob when I was about 12! or was he at Glebe Primary? Can't remember now.)

I got my 4 'O' Levels, but wasn't much interested in staying on to the 6th form.
I should have gone on to Harrow Art School, but I was enticed by the bright lights and money of London… and so got a job at Barclays Bank, Pall Mall, that paid a wonderful wage of £10 a week!  I stayed there till '68.  I spent my monies on clubbing in London & shopping at Biba & Wardour Street.  Then I became a hippy for a while & went off to Toronto for a year… intending to travel round the US.  However, working there, I didn't get much chance to… except hitchhiking with my boyfriend to Montreal & Buffalo in US … where we were picked up for 'vagrancy', as it was illegal to hitch in NYS at that time.  So the police dumped us in a cafe & we were informed to get the next greyhound bus home.  Unfortunately, the riots were happening at that time - so Buffalo wasn't a safe place to be… we got out pretty quick.

I returned, got married & had a daughter - then I did my 'A' Levels & got a 2:1 Hons. Degree.

Anyways… I now live in lovely Bridport, West Dorset… and the sea is 3/4 miles away & I love it here!  I have no connections with London anymore and visit infrequently.  I sometimes meet my daughter there for a day for lunch and a gallery.  (She lives in Brighton and is quite a famous author ……  I'm a very proud mum! :-).  I am now 61, divorced and have been teaching Art & Creative Writing in prisons to 'Lifers' for the past 11 years.

So - thanks Chandos, as my background was there and I love teaching.
Would love to hear from 'girls' that were there during those years!

Best
Marian

You can contact Marian through her website 'marianyoungart.com' or 'Contact us'.