
Penny Umbers
Teenage sweetheart from Nottingham whose interracial love story with Mark Bethel went viral after they reunited 39 years later; featured on BBC World Service's Lives Less Ordinary podcast.
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Aug 27, 2026
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary- Love Stories
13:46
14:06
14:11
14:21
14:28

Penny UmbersGUEST
I think maybe a couple of weeks later, we, I think we went out for a drink in Kensington, and I remember once walking aimlessly around Hyde Park a few times, but he just wasn't physical with me really, and I just felt I was all, I just felt it was all me, that I was, you know.

Penny UmbersGUEST
He was such a attractive, nice man, and yet he didn't like, didn't seem to like me at all anymore.

Penny UmbersGUEST
And I just thought, "Well, you know, it's been a year and..." So we did see each other a few times, but I was just pining and pining for him to call, and he, he maybe called once a month or something.

Penny UmbersGUEST
And then eventually at the end of the winter term at Christmas, which is when I thought we'd move out to live together, I hadn't heard from him for weeks.

Penny UmbersGUEST
And then, and then the second time he came, and he told me that, uh, you know, it was over.
19 MINS LATER
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary - Love Stories
13:24
13:31
13:44
13:49

Penny UmbersGUEST
I think maybe a couple of weeks later, we, I think we went out for a drink in Kensington.

Penny UmbersGUEST
And I remember once walking aimlessly around Hyde Park a few times, but he just wasn't physical with me really.

Penny UmbersGUEST
He was such an attractive, nice man, and yet he didn't like, didn't seem to like me at all anymore.

Penny UmbersGUEST
And I just thought, "Well, you know, it's been a year and..." So we did see each other a few times, but I was just pining and pining for him to call, and he, he maybe called once a month or something.
18 MINS LATER
Love Stories: Do you remember me?
13:43
13:53
14:02
14:08

Penny UmbersGUEST
I think maybe a couple of weeks later we, I think we went out for a drink in Kensington.

Penny UmbersGUEST
But he just wasn't physical with me really, and I just felt I was all, I just felt it was all me, that I was, you know.

Penny UmbersGUEST
He was such a attractive, nice man, and yet he didn't like, didn't seem to like me at all anymore.

Penny UmbersGUEST
And I just thought, "Well, you know, it's been a year, and..." So we did see each other a few times, but I was just pining and pining for him to call, and he, he maybe called once a month or something.
18 MINS LATER
