Anne was born and educated in Leeds.  On leaving school she took a commercial course at the Leeds College of Commerce and pursued a career as a secretary before moving with her husband and two young sons to the south of England in 1963.

She went to Brentwood Teaching Training College in 1996 and qualified as an infant teacher.  She taught for twenty years and was deputy head for twelve years.  She took early retirement at the end of 1988.

For many years she was involved in the challenging task of designing and making costumes for period dramas for Chelmsford Theatre Workshop, an amateur dramatic group.  After retirement Anne studied creative embroidery and fashion and design at Chelmsford College, where she gained City and Guilds certificates.

Anne joined the 93 Textile Group in 1995.  She is an active member of the group and exhibts regularly.  Her work has proved popular and has sold to collectors at home and abroad.  She was Chairman of the Braintree Branch of the Essex Handicraft Association for five years, where she still leads a monthly beading workshop and teaches other textile skills.  She was invited to re-join EAST in 2004, having briefly been a member from the group's founding in 1995.

Anne has travelled widely in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia and has found inspiration from these journeys.  She currently spends the winter months in Portugal where the spectacular coastal scenery has influenced her work.

"I love exploring different techniques and sources to express my creativity.  My visit to Russia led me to produce work based on ancient icons and my tour of India to an exploration of beading and goldwork, and the splendour of ethnic dowry jewellery.  A recent study at the Warner Archive at Braintree has led me into African textiles, especially the Kuba Tribal Confederacy in Central Africa - this I can see influencing my work for quite a while."