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She later attended [[Hampstead High School]] for girls. In [[1952]], she was in Class 5G and answered a question about the [[Gunpowder Plot]] in her second History O-levels exam paper. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Plotters (novel)|The Plotters]]'') In her teens, Barbara dated a boy who carried a [[knife|flick knife]]. Her mother called this her "rebellious phase". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'') | She later attended [[Hampstead High School]] for girls. In [[1952]], she was in Class 5G and answered a question about the [[Gunpowder Plot]] in her second History O-levels exam paper. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Plotters (novel)|The Plotters]]'') In her teens, Barbara dated a boy who carried a [[knife|flick knife]]. Her mother called this her "rebellious phase". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'') | ||
During her first year at [[university]], Barbara | During her first year at [[university]], Barbara still lived in Cricklewood. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') Her specialities included the [[Aztec]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]'') who, according to one source, she wrote her dissertation on. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nothing at the End of the Lane (short story)|Nothing at the End of the Lane]]'') According to another, she wrote it on [[Japan]]'s period of exclusion and isolation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Barbarians and the Samurai (audio story)|The Barbarians and the Samurai]]'') During her teacher training course, her class took a one-day course in [[first aid]] from a retired army sergeant in the university gymnasium. The course involved giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a life-sized doll, an act which greatly embarrassed Barbara. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Nine-Day Queen (short story)|The Nine-Day Queen]]'') In [[1954]], she was a student teacher in [[Cricklewood]], living in a rented room. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Witch Hunters (novel)|The Witch Hunters]]'') | ||
She met with her mother every [[Sunday]] to discuss their week over [[tea]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Small Semblance of Home (audio story)|A Small Semblance of Home]]'') and met with an aunt named [[Cecilia]] every year in London on her aunt's birthday, [[23 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'') | She met with her mother every [[Sunday]] to discuss their week over [[tea]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Small Semblance of Home (audio story)|A Small Semblance of Home]]'') and met with an aunt named [[Cecilia]] every year in London on her aunt's birthday, [[23 November]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963 (audio story)|1963]]'') |