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Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975) wis a Scots makar o rare import richt it the hairt o the Scottish cultural renaissance atween the twa warl wars. She scrievit in Scots thit wis shapit as a barinie in Montrose. Alang we Violet Jacob an Marion Angus, she brocht tae the fore the vyce o the Mearns.
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Helen (Nell) Burness Cruickshank wis born it Hillside, Montrose in 1886, the dother o George and Sarah Cruickshank. Her fowk wis aa fae roonaboot Montrose and Angus.
Nell wis skweelt it Hillside fae the age o fower until gan tae Montrose Academy at ten we her twa auler brithers. Ivry simmer the femily wint tae a but-an-ben oot by Glenesk far they aa gotten a love o naitur an the kintra. The Angus laanskip inspirt Nell's poetry aa her days. The fowk and placies o Angus appear aften in her wark. The femily hidna muckle siller an cuidna pit Nell tae't varsity. Syne she warkit fir the Post Office Savings Bank in London fae 1903 tae 1912. Syne fan she bed London, she gotten richt insnorlt we weemen's suffrage an jynt the Women's Social and Political Union. |
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In 1966, tae mark her 80th birthday, the BBC commissiont a programme in celebration o her life an wark, an in 1969 her freens commissiont a bust be Vincent Butler, fit can be keekit at in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. She was gien an honorary MA be Embra Varsity in 1971. Helen Cruickshank is mynt on in Makars' Court, outside The Writers' Museum, Lawnmarket, Embra
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