Helen Thompson
Honor Code SignatorySigned 5 Dec 2014 | 1,641 contributions | 36 thank-yous | 896 connections
Auto-biography: Born 1947, Toronto, Ontario. Churchill Avenue Public School, Willowdale Junior High, Northview Collegiate High School. One year York University. Worked one year Globe & Mail (Display Advertising). Travelled by Icelandic Air (via Rejkavik & Glasgow) to London with best friend, Claudette Claereboudt, to surprise Claudette's boyfriend, Glyn Rattle, on April 1st, 1968. Settled in bedsitters in Belsize Park, London, England for two months, then joined boyfriend Conrad Bonk in Luxembourg. Spent the summer hitchhiking together through France, Germany (inc. Conrad's home town of Sindelfingen), Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain (running of the bulls in Pamplona), and Belgium. Returned to Belsize Park for the autumn, then back to Toronto. Worked at Globe & Mail again for awhile, but went back to London the following year. Stayed there most of the next 9 years. In the summer of 1971, hitchhiked around Europe again, with another boyfriend (Sean Kirby). Went to Amsterdam, France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, then worked for a couple of months in Stuttgart. [to be continued...]
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