Billy Hughes (educationist)

Billy Hughes (educationist)

Herbert Delauney Hughes (7 September 1914 – 15 November 1995), known as Billy Hughes, was a British adult educationist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and principal of Ruskin College from 1950 to 1979.

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    “How old is she, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    How old is she, charming Billy?”
    Past six, past seven,
    Past twenty and eleven,
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    As I learn from you,
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