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Happy 80th, Eileen Deacon! (British 1970s crafts writer)
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Lenona
2012-04-02 15:54:36 UTC
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Aka Eileen Geipel (her married name), she lives in Torquay,
Devonshire, England.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=800&bih=408&q=%22eileen+deacon%22&gbv=2&oq=%22eileen+deacon%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=img.3...1740l1740l0l2459l1l1l0l0l0l0l7l7l1l1l0.frgbld.
(a few covers and one photo - she's wearing a blue dress)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All published under name Eileen Deacon, except as indicated; for
children:

* (Under name Eileen Geipel) Let's Model With Plaster, Van
Nostrand, 1972.
* My Fun to Make Pictures Book (illustrated by Belinda Lyon),
Hamlyn, 1972, published as It's Fun to Make Pictures, Grosset, 1974.
* This Is the Way We Make and Play (illustrated by Ron Brown),
Hamlyn, 1973.
* Eighty Things to Make With Foil (illustrated by Brown), Hamlyn,
1974.
* Eighty Things to Make With Paper (illustrated by Sue Hertzog-
Grant), Hamlyn, 1974.
* This Is the Way We Play Each Day (illustrated by Ken Astrop),
Hamlyn, 1974.
* (Contributor) Anita Harris' Make and Do Book, Hamlyn/TV Times,
1973.
* Peter Cundall and Mike Margolis, Big Toys for Girls and Boys to
Make (illustrated by Nick Williams), Hamlyn, 1975.
* Make Your Own Dolls, Puppets, and Houses (illustrated by Tony
Payne), Purnell Books, 1975.
* Make Your Own Fun With Arts and Crafts (illustrated by Payne),
Purnell Books, 1975.
* Making Jewelry (illustrated by Grahame Corbett), Macdonald
Educational, 1975, Raintree, 1977.
* Successful Picture Making (illustrated by Mike Jackson), Hamlyn,
1975.
* "Magpie" Make and Do (illustrated by Laura Potter), Arrow Books,
1977.
* Susan Strank's Book of Make and Do, Independent Television
Books, 1978.

Other writings:

* (Contributor) Playways Annual, Lutterworth, 1965.
* (Contributor) Playways Annual, Lutterworth, 1966.
* (Contributor) Girls World Annual, Odhams, 1967.
* (Contributor) The Complete Book of Home Crafts (illustrated by
Alan Newman, Gus Clarke, and Gita Hahn), Ward, Lock, 1974.

"Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Art and Craft in
Education, Woman's Realm, Woman, Womancraft, Woman's Weekly, London
Times, and Sunday Telegraph Magazine."


Lenona.
Lenona
2023-06-13 18:12:14 UTC
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I take it this is the same person!

https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/devon/news/torquay-volunteer-in-her-nineties-recognised-for-hard-work/
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