Jose Ellis

Elizabeth Ardern-Corris talks to Mrs Jose Ellis, who was born in England and moved over to the Isle of Man with her husband when her parents-in-law moved there. In this interview a number of topics emerge, including:

• Early childhood and parents
• Father's work
• Moving to Leeds
• WWII 
• Attending Leeds College of Art
• Singer Frankie Vaughan
• Fashions
• Obtaining Art Teaching Diploma
• Moving to the Isle of Man
• Exhibition at Laxey Woollen Mills
• Inspiration for art works
• Husband's illness
• Interests and hobbies

Interviews

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• Interview with Mrs Jose Ellis

  
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