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 Daisy Ashford Arthuor's Star Sign
 Nationality - English Profession - Author
 Date of birth - 03 Apr 1881 Date of death - 1972
 Place of birth - Petersham : Surrey
Margaret Mary Julia 'Daisy' Ashford was born in Petersham, Surrey, 1881 and is celebrated for the book she wrote when she was nine, The Young Visiters, or Mr Salteena's Plan. Ashford rediscovered the book in 1919 when it was first published. It became an instant cult classic with a dramatisation the following year. Ashford wrote nothing further but her book was turned into a musical in 1968 and a television special in 2003, starring Jim Broadbent.


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The Young Visiters or Mr Salteena's Plan - 1919 -

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