User:Diane Shireen Uttley

‘’Diane Uttley (Diane Shireen Uttley) was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. The daughter of Ann Marr, the 3rd & youngest child & the only girl in the family Diane was educated in Leeds & attended Loughborough Uni to study Drama & Computer Studies & was studying drama at Leeds college with an audition for RADA but instead, met & married Douglas.J.Uttley who became her soulmate. Afterwards both worked for the same printing company in the same office where Mr Uttley was Manager & Diane was the computer/ secretary. Diane was also doing modelling. She has a strong interest in the Fabian playwrite G B Shaw studying his life & works & meeting many people who had worked or known the most famous playwrite of his time, 1856-1950. In 1989 Diane was employed as Custodian of & moved into playwrite George Bernard Shaw's home Shaw's Corner, now owned by The National Trust given to the Trust by GBS shortly after the death of Mrs Shaw in 1943. She remained Custodian of Shaw's home from 1989 to 1997, when she left & became the owner of the G B Shaw Information & Research Service. Diane now lives on the Isle of Wight & her many fans on Facebook, Twitter, & other Social networks, have encouraged her to tell her story, so Diane has just started writing her book about her time at Shaw's Corner & the influence Shaw has had on her life.