Child on the Cusp of Post-Modernism My childhood was immersed, Drowning in Modernism. My parent’s formative art practice Absolutely at the cutting edge The industrial heart The break through Bauhaus Basic Programme 1950’s Leeds College of Art Received a tornado of European teaching. Finally the Dessau school , Staatliches Bauhaus idealism Made its way to the industrial Heart of the North. Harry Thubron brought his Knowledge – To Leeds on the back of beer mats and cigarette boxes in the Cobourg Tavern . His vision and skills communicated To the ready ears of the Students and teaching staff At the College. My mother agog with the new System, the Basic Programme. Ann was taught by Miss Noble of the Old school as was thought. Taught in the Art Deco style . My mother was ready to move Design in a new direction Modernism arrived in with the Bauhaus philosophy and its inspiration brought new thought...