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Title: Gerald, Olwyn and Ted Hughes - LLG00107
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Gerald, Olwyn and Ted Hughes - LLG00107
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Ted, or Teddy as he was known to his friends, wanted to go by the name of E.J. Hughes. Ted Hughes, 1930 to 1998.
In The Times, 20th February, 2016, Alan Johnson wrote: The future poet Ted Hughes and I were good friends at Mexborough Grammar School. We were two years younger than Olwyn, Ted's sister and protector. A tall, statueesque blonde with a regal, imperious manner, she was worshipped from afar by all we young boys, but she was high on a pedestal and unattainable. Like Ted, during her grammar school years she was taught by several inspirational teachers, a fact seldon recognised by his various biographers who ignore the time between them leaving Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire at an early age and later leaving Mexborough for college. It was during these formative years that their talents were recognised and cultivated.
This images was used as an illustration in 'Aspects of Calderdale', edited by John Billingsley.
In The Times, 20th February, 2016, Alan Johnson wrote: The future poet Ted Hughes and I were good friends at Mexborough Grammar School. We were two years younger than Olwyn, Ted's sister and protector. A tall, statueesque blonde with a regal, imperious manner, she was worshipped from afar by all we young boys, but she was high on a pedestal and unattainable. Like Ted, during her grammar school years she was taught by several inspirational teachers, a fact seldon recognised by his various biographers who ignore the time between them leaving Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire at an early age and later leaving Mexborough for college. It was during these formative years that their talents were recognised and cultivated.
This images was used as an illustration in 'Aspects of Calderdale', edited by John Billingsley.
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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PHDA - Lloyd Greenwood Collection
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
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LLG00107.tif
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“Gerald, Olwyn and Ted Hughes - LLG00107,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/9336.
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