Audio tape of Phyllis Willmott's oral history interviews with Michael Young about his early life, 1929-33

Side 1: Michael Young's introductory visit to Dartington Hall School and being driven round the estate by Whitney Straight; further memories of the Grange preparatory boarding school in Cockfosters; his interest in sport; starting as a pupil at Dartington; his mother, Edith Young, living with the writer Philip Henderson at Abbotsbury in Dorset; a room of his own at Dartington; the children's dining room and the good and plentiful food; the informal teaching style in private rooms, the children's involvement in deciding the curriculum and non-compulsory attendance at lessons; working on the estate, particularly the orchard, the cider house, and growing daffodils; his interest in painting, influenced by his artist uncle, Ronald Ossory Dunlop, and his art teacher, Adrian Kent; winning a scholarship and meeting Dorothy Elmhirst; repairing and racing old motorbikes with a fellow pupil; Whitney Straight buying an aeroplane and learning to fly; the new Headmaster, W. B. Curry; and Dorothy Elmhirst and her children. Duration: 42:44 minutes. Recorded on 9 December 2000.

Side 2 is unused.