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‘My First Coup’: autobiographies of childhood

by History of Education Society | Dec 2, 2014

By C E Hastings”My auntie and the headmistress tried as best they could, with smiles and toffee, to shield me from their rising anxiety, but I could feel it bouncing off the quick sideways glances they shot each other and taking flight like some dark, winged...

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