Writers and Artists Commune At Old Rectory Farm, Scoulton, Norfolk

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Writers and Artists Commune At Old Rectory Farm, Scoulton, Norfolk


Author Cressida Lindsay has created a commune in rural Norfolk for fellow writers, artists, sculptors, and the occasional pop group.

In 1970, John Swinfield for Anglia Television, visits artist, author, and poet, Cressida Lindsay at her home in rural Norfolk. Lindsay made a permanent move from her city dwelling in London during the mid-1960s settling at The Old Rectory in Scoulton, creating along with fellow artists, a community, where painters, writers, and sculptors live, work, and enjoy their remote surroundings.

In 1970, John Swinfield for Anglia Television, visits artist, author, and poet, Cressida Lindsay at her home in rural Norfolk. Lindsay made a permanent move from her city dwelling in London during the mid-1960s settling at The Old Rectory in Scoulton, creating along with fellow artists, a community, where painters, writers, and sculptors live, work, and enjoy their remote surroundings.


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