The "Original Bridget" Oxfam Diary (Diary)

Ilene Powell was a fun-loving 17-year-old in Bristol, interested in dieting, relationships, boyfriends, shopping and nights out. Just like so many other teenagers. And, like so many teenage girls, she kept a diary. bookshop in Bristol. The media instantly dubbed Ilene as 'the original Bridget'. There are many parallels to the modern fictional obsessive diarist Bridget Jones, as The Times noted: Sorry Bridget Jones... the secret diary of a 17-year-old Bristol girl growing up in the Jazz Age of the Twenties suggests that girls then were having a much better time, and more success with the boys. and proves that men, socialising and diets are of timeless interest to young women. There are clear similarities between Miss Powell's weight worries and romantic dalliances with 'the boys', and Bridget's own calorie-counting and search for Mr. Right Bridget' Oxfam Diary 2005 with facsimile extracts from Ilene's daily writing, photos from her family collection, and a profile of Ilene, included with a stylish week-to-view 2005 diary. teenage diarists of all ages. creation of the Naughty Nineties ... think again The Daily Telegraph