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Phyllis Arkle

English children's author

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Phyllis Arkle (Chester, 23 April 1910, 10 October 1997), was an English author of children's books.

01Biography

Arkle (formerly Griffiths) was born and educated in Chester, but 1959 saw her move to the village of Twyford, Berkshire. Among her works was The Railway Cat (1983) and the Roddy the Roadman series (beginning in 1970).

She married Edward Arkle. She died in 1997, aged 87 years.

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