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LYNDA Curtis has been out in all weathers in Exeter over the past 29 years -- and is looking better than ever. She is still smiling and still waving at the hundreds of drivers who use Exeter's busy Holloway Street everyday. It was way back in 1981 when Lynda, then Lynda Williams, found her special niche in the life of the city. She was just 13 and a pupil at Okehampton Comprehensive School when, along with her school chum Sam Rice, she was chosen to be part of an iconic work of city art. For the two teenagers were used as models for the landmark mural on the wall of the Backpackers Tourist Hostel in the city's Holloway Street. They are the two girls seen leaning out of the window of the building, close to the main mural. Lynda now lives in Pinhoe Road and works for Lloyds TSB, while Sam, now Garnsworthy, helps run her parents' pub in Tedburn.
The colourful murals on the hostel are undergoing restoration thanks to funding from the city council. Lynda said: "Being on that mural is our claim to fame although I have to say I didn't think much about it back then -- teenagers had a lot of things on their minds. "I was living in Cheriton Bishop and Sam and I knew the artist who worked for the Northcott Theatre.See the full content of this document
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Lynda Still Smiling at Mural Claim to Fame
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