Anne Heppell, Book Binder

(1955-present)

Anne Heppell was born at Treetown Crescent, Treeton - a small village between Sheffield and Rotherham - in 1955. At the age of fifteen her father, a local school teacher, gained employment with an overseas development agency and was posted to Malaysia. Anne became the first European pupil to attend St. Georges School, Penang, where she continued her education for twelve months.

On returning to Sheffield Anne finished her A levels and then began a career in Nursing, working at both Sheffield Infirmary and at The Royal Hospital, now the site of a large supermarket, where she met Geoff Heppell. Anne and Geoff were married in 1982 at Sheffield Registery Office. In 1983 their son James was "Made in Sheffield" and born at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital.

When Anne returned to work she served a six year apprenticeship with book binder Sue Callaghan before starting her own book binding service in the early nineties.

Anne presently runs her business from Orchard Square's Craft Centre and offers a total handbinding service which includes express Thesis and Dissertation binding.

See Anne's Website, click here.