| The
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Tunnicliffe Society Established 2005 "To promote greater awareness of the life and work of Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe OBE, RA 1901-1979" |
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| Alison Uttley/Tunnicliffe x Alice Jane Taylor was born in 1884 at Cromford, Derbyshire, and in 1906 gained an honours degree in Physics from Manchester University, moving to London in 1908 to teach at a school in Fulham. She married in 1915 and later, when her son went to boarding school, she wrote countryside stories to send to him – much to her delight and surprise one of these stories was published in 1929 by Faber & Faber, and so began her writing career. After the death of her husband in 1930 she decided to earn a living by writing more stories for children, and in 1931 she also wrote a novel for adults entitled ‘The Country Child’ – based on her own childhood. During the 1930’s Charles Tunnicliffe illustrated several books for Putnam & Co. Ltd., and his work had became widely known, so in the early 1940’s Faber & Faber suggested to Alice that she should collaborate with Charles on a new book, and in 1943 Faber & Faber published the first of her books illustrated by Charles Tunnicliffe entitled ‘’Country Hoard’. Following this success Faber decided in 1945 to reissue an illustrated version of ‘The Country Child’. Thus began a long association between Alison Uttley and Charles Tunnicliffe working together for 30 years on the publication of eighteen books and essays, such as ‘Carts and Candlesticks’, ‘Plowmen’s Clocks’ and ‘Country Things’. Faber and Faber also reissued illustrated versions of ‘The Farm on the Hill’ and ‘Ambush of Young Days’ with equal success. Although they had a very good working relationship they never actually met, despite the fact that Tunnicliffe arranged to visit her at home in Buckinghamshire – when they arrived she was not at home! x There is more about Alison Uttley on this website www.alisonuttley.com List of Alison Uttley's Faber & Faber books illustrated by C F Tunnicliffe Country Hoard 1943 -The Country Child 1945 - Country Things 1946 Carts & Candlesticks 1948 - The Farm on the Hill 1949 - Ambush of Young Days 1951 Plowman's Clocks 1952 - Here's a New Day 1956 - A Year in the Country 1957 The Swans Fly Over 1959 - Something for Nothing 1960 - Wild Honey 1962 Cuckoo in June 1964 - A Peck of Gold 1966 The Button Box and Other Essays 1968 - A Ten O'clock Scholar 1970 Secret Places 1972 - Country World: Memories of a Childhood 1984 x x |