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Bill, 4, telling the story of his drawing made at Kettle's Yard


Children

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It's a long time ago, when some fish were around and this is all a sea and there was… instead of people fishing them, we had a machine that floated along, which is this, and they were all caught in and it was a story and that is the end.

Walking in Tangier, 1937/38, and Helen's love of literature


Elisabeth Swan

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Their house was up on the mountain and one got very fond of the scenery, I mean, it was really Mediterranean scenery with wonderful views of the sea. We went every evening for a walk round the back which was quite a rough walk and we'd go to the Mediterranean coast and Mummy was always quoting, 'Nobly, nobly Cape St Vincent to the North-west died away; sunset ran, one glorious blood red, reeking into Cadiz Bay'. You know, she came out with quotations at the drop of a hat. She was so familiar with English literature really and poetry. So we really loved those walks and then we often had a session of being read to from a nice book before we went to bed.