Mary Linwood Comprehensive School the former Mary Linwood Secondary School. The principal sponsor of this Academy is the Church of England. The Council transferred the site of the former secondary school (Mary Linwood) to the sponsors. Samworth, Leicester's first City Academy, was built on the site of the old Mary Linwood school and completed in September, 2007. The children of author Sue Townsend attended the school during the late 1970s and early 1980s; their experiences influenced her highly successful Adrian Mole books. "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" was reputedly based on Sue Townsend's son's experiences at the school. Several of the teachers who
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer to have these memories of him."), although she tentatively starts to believe her new memories: "I think it's real. I think it's real!". (The concept of repressed vs. implanted memories is later revisited in "The Secret History of Twin Peaks".) Especially her unwanted desires within herself have distressed her during many of her entries since she began writing her diary, as up to that point in April and June 1986 she has had no explanation for them and at a number of times throughout her diary, she expresses fear of God sentencing her to Hell for her impure urges regarding