426:⊠I do remember going with my mum and Aunt Dobbie to the Sanctuary Kennels in OutwoodâŠ. Will always remember driving up the drive with hedges either side, or when we got to the top a circular drive with a water fountain in the middle. Two ladies greeted us Margaret Harrison who was a very big name in Irish Wolfhounds and Margaret Atfield. The Sanctuary Kennels was set up in the early 1940s by Margaret Harrison and May Atfield. The name 'Sanctuary' was based on the work they did from the start of the 2nd World War taking care of dogs belonging to airmen whilst they were flying or if they had been killed or imprisoned.
450:, but he had once told Mrs. Harrison that he would like to be buried in an English churchyard. Mrs. Harrison herself died earlier that same year (and their father, already ill, died soon after), but the sisters, after consulting Jelka Delius, saw that this wish was carried out, and in May 1935 his body was exhumed and brought over to England to be laid to rest in Limpsfield churchyard, near to the Harrisons' own mother's grave.â
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We were all very fond of Delius. We knew him from the early war years, and that was the real Delius. Our friendship really started when he wrote the Double
Concerto, but May was playing Sonata No. 1 with Hamilton Harty even before we knew Delius wellâŠ. Both May and I love Sonata No. 1. I played it a
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However much we admire the soloists of today, things will never be the same as during the lifetime of the
Harrison family. They dedicated their lives to the cause of music, paving the way for a generation of women musicians. They gained the respect of the leading composers and performers of their day
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Harrison continued to hone her knowledge of various animal species as she grew to womanhood. Ultimately, she became a breeder of Irish Wolfhounds and regular supplier of the dogs to English military units for use as regimental mascots. In addition, she was the founder of Sanctuary Kennels.
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Beatrice and I played it everywhere. We played it at our sixpenny concerts to the miners. I also played it to Delius, just as I played the orchestral piano part of the
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