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Audio tape of Phyllis Willmott's oral history interviews with Michael Young about his early life, 1929-33, 2000

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 10/6/4

Scope and Contents

Side 1: Michael Young's introductory visit to Dartington Hall School and being driven round the estate by Whitney Straight; further memories of the Grange preparatory boarding school in Cockfosters; his interest in sport; starting as a pupil at Dartington; his mother, Edith Young, living with the writer Philip Henderson at Abbotsbury in Dorset; a room of his own at Dartington; the children's dining room and the good and plentiful food; the informal teaching style in private rooms, the children's involvement in deciding the curriculum and non-compulsory attendance at lessons; working on the estate, particularly the orchard, the cider house, and growing daffodils; his interest in painting, influenced by his artist uncle, Ronald Ossory Dunlop, and his art teacher, Adrian Kent; winning a scholarship and meeting Dorothy Elmhirst; repairing and racing old motorbikes with a fellow pupil; Whitney Straight buying an aeroplane and learning to fly; the new Headmaster, W. B. Curry; and Dorothy Elmhirst and her children. Duration: 42:44 minutes. Recorded on 9 December 2000.
Side 2 is unused.

Dates

  • Creation: 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Available online.

Extent

1 cassette(s) (1 audio tape)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Finding aid date

2020-06-08 14:17:57+00:00

Processing Information

Digitised as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project by the Norfolk Record Office in partnership with the British Library

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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