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List of Blue Plaques
Index
Anthony Buckeridge
Sybil Burr
Samuel Coleridge
Wilkie Collins
Sir William Garrow
John Gibson Lockhart
Will Hay
Sir William Jordan
Alfred Luck
Karl Marx
John Le Mesurier
Frank Muir
James JJ Tissot
Mary Townley
Sir Charles Warren
Sybil Burr (1909 - 2002)

Biography

Sybil (Edith) Burr was born 13 October 1909. She was a fairly prolific author of girls' stories in the 1950s. 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.


Location

16 South Eastern Road
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Extra Details

The plaque was unveiled on Saturday 19th February 2011 by Sybil's son, William, and Lucy Mangan from The Guardian who wrote a review of Life With Lisa last year. More

Sybill Burr Blue Plaque
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