Marion McClatchy and Susan McClatchy
Recorded
February 5, 2009
41:26 minutes
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Id:
MBY004996
Description
Marion McClatchy (78) is interviewed by her daughter Susan McClatchy (44) about growing up in Bogota, Colombia.Subject Log / Time Code
Marion was born in Bogota, Colombia; father was British, mother was Colombian; parents names
Marion describes her father; story of her father telling her son, Robert a story
story of how her parents met at a gala banquet in Bogota at the Ritz; “How happy will be the man who marries you.”
jokes Apita would tell; story of Apita cheating on cards with her grandchildren
came back from boarding school a different person; called a “gringa” in Colombia; 37 first cousins
Participants
- Marion McClatchy
- Susan McClatchy
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Bogota, Colombia
- British Diplomat
- British Empire
- family characters
- family expressions
- family heroes
- family in-jokes
- family members in history
- family naming and nicknames
- historical events/people
- Influential People
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- school day memories
- Spouse