Elsie worked at Boswell's, the Norwich art dealers who encouraged Munnings and sold his first paintings. Not only did Munnings enjoy having money to spend but remarked in his autobiography, ('An Artist's Life', Suffolk, 1950, p.83) 'I was attracted by a fair-haired girl in the shop who could sing, and would often trill like a bird, playing her own accompaniments on a piano standing among chairs, china, tables and pictures. (This would only happen if the Boswells were away). The Manager of the shop - Henry we called him - liked a good song, too, and more than once a ringing top note ended with the entrance of a customer'