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=== Teaching at Coal Hill ===
=== Teaching at Coal Hill ===
Barbara eventually moved into her own [[Barbara Wright's flat|flat]] in [[London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', [[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (novel)|''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'']]) and started working as a history teacher at [[Coal Hill School]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Unearthly Woman (audio story)|An Unearthly Woman]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') Her father took her to [[Vincenzo's]] to celebrate. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'')
Barbara eventually moved into her own [[Barbara Wright's flat|flat]] in [[London]], ([[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', [[Byzantium! (novel)|Byzantium!]]'') although according to some accounts she instead lived with her mother in [[Joan Wright's house|a house]] in [[Shoreditch]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Long Night (short story)|A Long Night]]'', ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'') Whatever the case, she started working as a history teacher at [[Coal Hill School]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time and Relative (novel)|Time and Relative]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[An Unearthly Woman (audio story)|An Unearthly Woman]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'') with her father taking her to [[Vincenzo's]] to celebrate getting the job. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'')


Barbara would always start teaching a new class by drawing a line of chalk on the board, and marking out an 'x' for [[1066]] at one end and another 'x' for "today" at the other. To help the class to get a sense of history, she'd then get them to fill in the rest of the timeline with important dates, such as the signing of the [[Magna Carta]], the invasion of the [[Spanish Armada]] and the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'')
Barbara would always start teaching a new class by drawing a line of chalk on the board, and marking out an 'x' for [[1066]] at one end and another 'x' for "today" at the other. To help the class to get a sense of history, she'd then get them to fill in the rest of the timeline with important dates, such as the signing of the [[Magna Carta]], the invasion of the [[Spanish Armada]] and the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'')
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