Christopher Sandford (1902–1983) of

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, was a book designer, proprietor of the

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, a founding director of the

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, and husband of the

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and pioneer

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revivalist,

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, née Mackintosh Rate. During the war he organised preparations for underground resistance from Eye Manor in the event of a Nazi invasion.

Biography

He was born in

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, Ireland, son of Professor Arthur Wellesley Sandford and

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, the Anglo-Irish author. By her first marriage he had a half-brother in the

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in Kenya. He married engraver Lettice Mackintosh Rate in 1929. Their son was playwright and musician,

Jeremy Sandford Christopher Jeremy Sandford (5 December 1930 – 12 May 2003) was an English television screenwriter who came to prominence in 1966 with ''Cathy Come Home'', his controversial entry in BBC1's ''The Wednesday Play'' anthology strand, which wa ...

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* "Printing for Love", Sandford, C. in ''Books and Printing'' (1963), Bennett, Paul A. (ed), World Publishing Co, Cleveland, Ohio * ''A History of the Golden Cockerel Press'' (2002), Cave, R. and Manson, S.,

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and Oak Knoll Press * ''The Mercian Maquis'' (2002), Lowry, B. and Mick Wilks, M. (2002), Logaston Press * ''The Last Ditch: Britain's Resistance Plans Against the Nazis'' (1968), Lampe, D., Cassell * "Obituary: Christopher Sandford" in ''

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'', 21 March 1983 1902 births 1983 deaths English graphic designers People from Cork (city) {{England-artist-stub