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As a young man, Causley played keyboards in a local minstrel band.
Back row (L to R) Bernard Chapman, Brenda Poore, ? Mills, Vera Aynsley, Ossie Phelps.
Front Row: Billy Blythe, Edna May Dymond, Charles Causley
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Back Row: Billy Blythe, Gwen Dymond, Vera Aynsley,Edna May Dymond,
Front row: Bernard Chapman, Ossie Phelps, Charles Causley
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Charles in the sixties
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Desert Island Discs
Charles was guest to Roy Plomley on 1 December 1979. His choices were as follows:
- Anon: The Play of Daniel (overture); Ensemble Hortus Musicus
- Dibdin: Tom Bowling; Robert Tear/Andre Previn (piano)
- Cole Porter: Just One Of Those Things; Garland Wilson (piano)
- Percy Shelly: Ozymandias; John Geilgud
- Mozart: Concerto in E Flat for two pianos and orchestra; Alfred Brendel, Walter Klein, Vinna Volksoper Orchestra/Angerer
- The Cutty Wren; Ian Campbell Folk Group
- Coward: Imagine the Duchess's Feelings; Noel Coward/Carroll Gibbons (piano)
- Janacek: Sinfonietta; Czech Philharmonic/Ancerl
LUXURY: a piano
BOOK: Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
The programme can be heard or downloaded here:
Desert Island Discs
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Charles with fellow poet and Poet Laureate Ted Hughes at the exhibition celebrating Charles's 70th birthday
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Causley's childhood home in St Thomas Hill
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Causley (like other poets of his generation) was a famed lover of cats. Rupert was his last cat and sadly died in 2007.
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Charles and Rupert engaging in mutual admiration
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HMS Glory - the base of Charles's days in the navy
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Charles with his friend Stan Simmonds at Crackington Haven.
Stan illustrated some of Charles's books including Here We Go Round The Round House
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Bust of Charles Causley
By Anthony Stones
Exhibited at the Tribute From The Artists Exhibition, 1987
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CBE
Awarded 1986
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Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
Awarded 1967
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The National School
Where Charles taught for most of his working life
Painting by Norman Preston
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Envelope sent by Henry Williamson to Charles Causley addressed to Charles ("Cornish Chough") Causley with a sketch of a chough.
Reproduced by kind permission of the Henry Williamson Estate and Exeter University.
Find out more about Henry Williamson at: http://www.henrywilliamson.co.uk
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Drawing of a young Causley in naval uniform by Stanley Simmonds, reproduced by kind permission of Kent Stanton
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This and the following three photographs show a selection of Britain's models owned by Charles. Some are now on display at the Lawrence house Museum in Launceston.
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This portrait drawing by Robert Tilling was used on the cover of Causley at 70, an anthology of poetry and prose tributes
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Charles received many honours in his lifetime. Here he receives the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Exeter in 1977.
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