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Audrey Selma Atterbury (19 April 1921 – 8 April 1997) was a British puppeteer best known for her work on the 1950s pioneering

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's children's series '' Andy Pandy''.

Biography

Born in

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in 1921 as Audrey Holman, during

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she worked for an Average Adjusters firm in London. She married Rowley Atterbury in 1943, and had one child,

Paul Atterbury Paul Rowley Atterbury, FRSA (born 8 April 1945) is a British antiques expert, known for his many appearances since 1979 on the BBC TV programme ''Antiques Roadshow.'' He specialises in the art, architecture, design and decorative arts of the 19 ...

, who went on to become an antiques expert and a regular on the

...
's ''

Antiques Roadshow ''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people ( ...

''. In about 1949 Rowley Atterbury founded the Westerham Press, and Audrey Atterbury worked with her husband in the printing business. However, during a train journey in 1950 Audrey met

Freda Lingstrom Freda Violet Lingstrom OBE (23 July 1893 – 15 April 1989) was a BBC Television producer and executive, responsible for pioneering children's programmes in the early 1950s. She and her friend Maria Bird together created ''Andy Pandy'' and ''Flowe ...

, the newly appointed head of BBC Children’s Television. After striking up a conversation and establishing common interests, Lingstrom persuaded Atterbury to become a puppeteer on a new television series, to be called '' Andy Pandy'' (1950–52). It is claimed that Lingstrom based the appearance of Andy Pandy on the young Paul Atterbury. Audrey Atterbury trained under John Wright, later the founder of the Little Angel Theatre in Islington, north London.Atterbury's biography
on the '' Telegoons'' website During the 1950s Atterbury continued to work as a puppeteer in such series as ''

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'' (1952–54), and ''

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'' (1955–58).''The Woodentops''
on the

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website In around 1956, after separating from her husband, Audrey Atterbury went to live in

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in London, near to her fellow BBC puppeteer, Molly Gibson, who was a close friend. The two worked together on ''Rubovian Legends'' and other Gordon Murray puppet plays. Atterbury also worked for the Little Angel Theatre, by then one of Britain’s leading puppet theatres. Atterbury worked on the puppet series ''

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'' (1963-4), which was based on

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's radio show ''

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''. During the 1960s television puppets started to be replaced by animation, which led Atterbury to leave the BBC take up a career in antiques, specialising in

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other ceramic materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. Major types include earthenware, stoneware and ...

and

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. She became a part-time antiques dealer, at the same time building up a large personal collection of

ceramic A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain ...

s. Later, Atterbury worked for a number of antique dealers and in 1987 she joined Christie's, becoming the longest serving and most respected member of the team of lady saleroom assistants. She was Secretary of the

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Ceramic Circle for about 18 years.

Death

After her

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, Atterbury never remarried and lived in south London from about 1962 until she died in 1997 aged 75. On her death her collection of ceramics, including rare examples by

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and

Moorcroft W. Moorcroft Limited (trading as W Moorcroft Ltd) is a British art pottery manufacturer based at Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The company was founded by William Moorcroft in 1913. History In 1897, Staffordshire pottery manufacture ...

, was sold at auction by renowned auction house Christie's.

References

External links

Atterbury's obituary
in ''

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'' 16 April 1997
'Happy Birthday Andy Pandy!'

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Atterbury on the 'Museum of Broadcast Communications' website
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