in the summer of 1947 Mr. Wilkinson took them out again for a journey through Wales..." At this time he describes himself as living in Putney. He travelled to Australia in early 1954, spending six months in the country, and drafted Puppets Through Australia, but this book has never been published. It is rumoured to lie in a tea chest in a house in Braunton, Devon, some 40 km from Selworthy, along with other drafts and photographs. Little is known of his final years. His puppets are on display at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, and were at the Victoria and Albert Museum (not currently on display). Bibliography The Peep-Show – Geoffrey Bles, London (1927) Vagabonds and Puppets – Geoffrey Bles, London (1930) Puppets in Yorkshire – Geoffrey Bles, London (1931) A Sussex Peep-Show – Geoffrey Bles, London (1933) Puppets into Scotland – Geoffrey Bles, London (1935) Puppets Through Lancashire – Geoffrey Bles, London (1936) Puppets Through America – Geoffrey Bles, London (1938) Puppets in Wales – Geoffrey Bles, London (1948) References 1888 births 1970 deaths British puppeteers 20th-century British writers British artists