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Barbara Sleigh : ウィキペディア英語版 | Barbara Sleigh Barbara Grace de Riemer Sleigh (1906–1982) was a well-known British children's writer and broadcaster. ==Family and career==
Barbara Sleigh was born in Birmingham, the daughter of the artist Bernard Sleigh and his wife Stella, née Phillp, who had married in 1901. Both came from a Methodist background, but she was brought up an Anglican. The family moved to Chesham for a time, then back to Birmingham. The marriage broke up in about 1914.〔Barbara Sleigh: ''The Smell of Privet'' (London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, 1971).〕 Her older brother, Brocas Linwood Sleigh (1902–1965), was also a writer.〔(). Retrieved 16 August 2010.〕 Having attended art college and teacher's training college, Sleigh taught in various schools before joining the teacher training department at Goldsmith's College in London in 1929. She went to work for the BBC programme ''Children's Hour'' in 1932.〔Blurb of ''The Smell of Privet''.〕 There, in 1935, she married a colleague, David Davis (1908–1996) at Dunchurch, Warwickshire, but BBC house rules at the time would not allow husbands and wives to work in the same department. She resigned and turned to freelance writing, film criticism and broadcasting. She and Davis had one son and two daughters.〔Obituary of David Davis. (). Retrieved 9 August 2010.〕
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