Family
Blackwood married Phyllis Caulcutt, an equestrian rider and an expert exponent of dressage, in 1936 and they had a son and daughter. His son Michael, a former naval pilot, succeeded him in the business but by then the firm had amalgamated to concentrate on printing.
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