1937 — 49
David Phillips – Artist’s Father
My Mother at 18 and 88, 1989 (Ashmolean Museum)
- 1949
- Influenced by older brother’s music tastes and visits to music hall in Brixton with mother
- 1947
- Leaves Bonneville Road to start secondary education at Henry Thornton Grammar School
- Family holiday in France and Germany
- Develops keen interest in trainspotting, cycling and music
- Learns bassoon and violin, sings solo baritone in school concerts
- 1942
- Attends Bonneville Road Junior School
- 1940
- Father goes to work in Abergavenny for several years
- 1939
- Second World War begins
- 1937
- Born Clapham, South London
- 1901
- Mother born
- 1881
- Father born