Sue Gilmurray

GILMURRAY, Sue (née Tuck). b. Cirencester, Gloucestershire, 8 April 1950. She attended Cirencester Grammar School, where she took O’ and A’ Level music and sang in the choir. She was already trying her hand at writing, and was pleased when her songs were used in school assemblies. She also sang as part of a trio in local folk clubs. She went on to St Anne’s College, Oxford, where she read Literae Humaniores or ‘Greats’ (Greek and Latin, Ancient and Modern Philosophy), and sang in Chapel Choirs and Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. Here, she also developed her Christian faith, and began to write songs based on her own faith experience. In 1967, her text and tune, ‘Just on the threshold they tell...