Olive Bridge was born in the old Westminster Hospital opposite Big Ben in 1925. Growing up as a cockney in Dagenham, she lost a term's schooling when war broke out; but, evacuated to Wales, she won a scholarship to Oxford University, and read history at Somerville College. Later, in Singapore as a medical social worker for tuberculosis patients, Olive met and married Ron on his national service. Together they moved to Hong Kong, where Olive worked as a history teacher at Lingnan until Ron's retirement as Government Director of Education. Now a widow in Marlow, she enjoys visits from family, including grandchildren (14), great-grandchildren (17), friends and former students.
