Silvie Taylor, 1920s model, war time mechanic and author, dies aged 96
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In the 1920s, Silvie Taylor, who has died aged 96, modelled clothes for fashion magazines and went on to develop a love of the performing arts.
She later became an adjudicator at poetry and drama festivals across the world, as well as becoming an author in her own own right.
During the war she served as a flight mechanic with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force where she taught Free French Forces how to repair and maintain aircraft engines.