Personal Life
Firmin is married to Joan, who knitted the Clangers from vibrant pink wool.
They have six daughters: Charlotte is also an illustrator; as is Hannah, known for her book jacket illustrations for Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Josie, who runs hand-painted china shops in London and Canterbury; Katy,who works for a farmers' cooperative in Faversham, Lucy,a pattern-cutter for fashion houses in Italy and Emily, the youngest, who appeared in the opening sequence of Bagpuss, and is a papier mache artist and printmaker living in Whitstable.
The Firmins still live on the farm in Blean, Kent, where Smallfilms produced their programmes.
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