Maria Bird

Maria Edith Bird  yoo oneng a  itsege thata ka leina la Marie o tshotswe ka Phukwi ale masome a mabedi le bone  ka ngwaga wa 1891 mme a thokafala ka Phukwi ale masome a mabedi le bothano  ka 1979,  ene ele modiragatsi oo tsholetsweng mo Africa Borwa mme a dira bodiragatsi jwa gagwe ko Enyelane (Britain).  

O tsholetswe ko Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natalko eneng ele boremelelo ja puso yaga Mmamosodinyana, mme one a tlhokafalela ale dingwaga tse 88 kwa motseng potlana wa Westharm ko a nnileng tleng lobaka. "FreeBMD Entry Info". Freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

Ene ele kokomane ya ga Francis Bird oneng ele mmeti  le  Colonel Christopher Bird  oneng ele mokwaledi mogolo ka nako ya puso ya bokolone (Colonial Secretary) ko  Cape Town Castle ko a  feletseng a fiwa tota kago reelela  lefelo lele itsegeng kago seriletsa ditsa tholegoko kwa Kirstenbosch mo  Africa Borwa bare  Colonel Bird's Bath. "Kirstenbosch NBG: Colonel Bird's Bath". SANBI.org. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

Mme mmagwe one a fudusa bana ba gagwe ko Natal Colony aba isa kwa UK goya go tsena dikole ko Maria aneng  a tsena ko Scottish convent.

Go fetseng sekole sa gagwe one a go ithuta mmino wa Dalcroze eurhythmics ko tase ga thotoletso yaga  Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Dessau. Transcript from interview with Maria Bird's nephew

Maria Bird one a thusa go tlhama lego semodia BBC Children's Television le tsala ya gagwe Freda Lingstrom ko gape aneng a simolodia kopone ya bodiratsi ya Westerham Arts e eneng ya thamiwa ke kompone ya BBC go dira simolola mananeo a ditshwantso tsa motshikinyego tsedi neng di akeretsa engwe eneng e bitswa The Woodentops (1955), Flower Pot Men (1952) le Andy Pandy (1950). Maria Bird narrated all the 1950s black and white original transmissions of 'Watch With Mother', much later, however, Vera Mc Kechnie narrated the colour remakes of Andy Pandy in 1970, Vera narrated 'Picture Book' after her predecessor Patricia Driscoll, she had no input into Watch With Mother. In Andy Pandy is almost deviant, The Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2013 Boremelelo ja kompone ya WesterhamArts  ene ele ko Chartwell Cottage ee neng ele yaga Bird and Lingstrom eneng ya felelwa e filwe National Trust ee bapileng le Chartwell Estate.

Maria le Freda  bane ba aga ntlwana mo tshikwaneng mo lapeng eneng ko eneng ditswantsho tsa mosikinyego di diriwang teng. Mo bodiragatsing ka gagwe ene ele mokwadi "Andy Pandy series by Maria Bird". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2 March 2016.,moranodi "Andy Pandy (Episode 1)". YouTube. Retrieved 2 March 2016. ebile ele moopedi "BFI Screenonline: Woodentops, The (1955–57)". Screenonline.org.uk. 9 September 1955. Retrieved 2 March 2016.. 

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