The one where my Dad delivers coffee and Marmite in catering size jars!
02:39
The very beginning of my story. Visit our family home and the warm chaos within. Meet my Mum,...
09:51
Toe in the Water - episode two
My first ballet classes as a six year old. How my mother saved the day.
05:06
Things start to scale up when I go to Corona Stage School. I find a dance mentor and Dad becomes...
05:43
My Dad organises my secret audition for a professional Ballet School in East Grinstead. I then...
08:35
Evenings at a girls Ballet School for borders. Midnight games, kissing practise 'girl on girl',...
08:56
My Italian family think I have been kidnapped, my Dad tells them where to go whilst I get turned...
04:05
Vitae Honestas, Weekends & Dancing in the Lunch Queue - episode 13
Strange latin phrases, weekend visits to my family and cuddling my sister. Dancing on the...
07:30
Aprons and National Skirts - episode 14
Being at a Ballet School involves many rituals. You also have to know your place in the...
05:32
A rather tense car ride to my new Ballet School. My little sister playing 'rag doll' with me, my...
11:14
It seems young ballet dancers need to learn about washing tights with fabric softener and how to...
05:52
The Contents of my Trunk - episode seven
How I yearned for winceyette pyjamas and boring old fashioned slippers.
03:53
School Work, Elocution and My Tuck Box - episode 16
My 'Pygmalion' moment when I learn to 'speak posh', learn how to read & write at last and secret...
06:20
The First Night - episode eight
Crisp and formal bedding, lights out and growing home sickness with an unusual approach to bed time.
02:56
Fire Drills & Blue Peter recording at the School - episode 17
We loved Fire Drills which were always so exciting and after lights out. Nothing however...
05:27
Fire Drills & Blue Peter recording at the School
We loved Fire Drills which were always so exciting and after lights out. Nothing however...
05:27
Girls behaving 'sort of badly' at night. Strange rituals involving absent Nursey and Glito . . ....
04:26
The Lady of the Blue Pond & Levitation - episode 18
This is the one about the incredibly ethereal lady who inhabited our Blue Pond and school...
03:44
My first morning with a ridiculously early start, cold linoleum and myriad shoes.
02:22
My first year at Ballet School was tough and my homesickness was extreme.
05:05
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