Barbara Ives
SOME READERS may wonder who IS the artist whose work features on the cover of this month's Crier. Barbara Ives lived in Swaffham Prior, at St Mary's Cottages next to the churchyard, from 1987 for very many years until she moved to Suffolk. On October 23rd she celebrated her 99th birthday.
Barbara was active in the village in many ways, particularly through her enthusiastic support for art exhibitions and musical events at St. Cyriac's. Ian de Massini's choir "Cambridge Voices" was one of her great loves, and they enjoyed her hospitality on many occasions while singing in the two churches.
She herself was a painter of talent and bravura in oils and pastels, and for many of us her vibrant drawings of the village scene - such as the one reproduced here - are a permanent pleasure.
We wish her many happy returns.