Sybil Burr

[AndrewM]

A plaque to recognise Sybil Burr plaque was unveiled on Saturday February 19 2011 at 16, South Eastern Road.

She is best known for her book Life with Lisa, the fictional diary of a 12-year-old girl whose vivid account and comments on her neighbours and surroundings was later reprinted by Puffin Books (1979) and adapted for Radio 4 in 2003.

From Left to Right :-
Bill(Sybil's son) and Barbara (her daughter), author and Guardian columnist Lucy Mangan, Mrs Webb, Laurie Webb, Jocelyn McCarthy, Frank Batt

Photograph, courtesy of the Isle of Thanet Gazette