"Miss Becky Sharp" in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair attends a school known as Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. Few know that "Miss Pink's" is a real school. It celebrated last week its 100th anniversary, at Eastbourne, whence the school was removed some years ago from the original site in Chiswick Mall, London.
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