Grace Golden

Working in both watercolours and oil paint, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, as well as the Fine Art Society and Leicester Galleries.

Golden received a commission from The Pilgrim Trust to make illustrations of historic buildings and landmarks during World War II, as well as her work appearing in touring exhibitions.

Posters promoting safe working practice were produced from her illustrations, many of which were used to stress the hazards of a mixed-sex workforce within wartime manufacturing environments, with slogans such as "Keep your mind on the job – and save your knuckles".

She had witnessed the lives of the industrious people who were employed near and on the river from the age of five, when her parents had moved to a five-storey house at the City End of Southwark Bridge.

[2] Years later, Sam Wanamaker invited Golden to become the honorary archivist to his Globe Theatre project, which was based in the same part of London.