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At 11, I passed the scholarship – only just; I wasn’t very good at maths – to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales.

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People who don’t read seem to me mysterious. I don’t know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

People’s lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

May 19, 2024

People’s lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

May 19, 2024

People who don’t read seem to me mysterious. I don’t know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

At 11, I passed the scholarship – only just; I wasn’t very good at maths – to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales.

Nina Bawden

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People who don’t read seem to me mysterious. I don’t know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

People’s lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

People’s lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

People who don’t read seem to me mysterious. I don’t know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.

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At 11, I passed the scholarship – only just; I wasn’t very good at maths – to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales.

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