tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.comments2023-04-17T06:26:16.611-07:001930 to 1960Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-23450364549835509432023-02-27T11:52:50.187-08:002023-02-27T11:52:50.187-08:00Sally, thank you for this information. I am sorry...Sally, thank you for this information. I am sorry for the family loss.. I thought I read that a son had died in the war. I talked a lot with Mike Bispham, I hope he is well. All this was a long time ago. StephenStephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-25085114940630605422023-02-26T01:06:32.876-08:002023-02-26T01:06:32.876-08:00Eileen Heming is my grandmother.
Roger did NOT die...Eileen Heming is my grandmother.<br />Roger did NOT die in WW2. He was doing his national service in Germany and was killed in a barracks fire. The date on his gravestone is 11 March 1955 and his age is 20.Sally Hemingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-17117937832778932292022-12-20T02:10:44.615-08:002022-12-20T02:10:44.615-08:00An entry in wikidata or wikipedia would see her de...An entry in wikidata or wikipedia would see her details and source refs available to a wider audience?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-64282201086953057572022-12-20T01:13:15.959-08:002022-12-20T01:13:15.959-08:00So pleased to find this biography of Eileen Marsh ...So pleased to find this biography of Eileen Marsh as I have only just found her aviation books, which are both ripping yarns and also have touches of reality to them. Why isnt she better known?NIna Bakerhttps://womenengineerssite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-27930731159600114152021-09-27T07:09:34.877-07:002021-09-27T07:09:34.877-07:00I have a Oil on Cnavas by Henry Harridge. It is ...I have a Oil on Cnavas by Henry Harridge. It is titled "Enkhuisen-Holland " & dated 2000.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174523068431701140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-3367229997654187732021-07-25T05:15:00.790-07:002021-07-25T05:15:00.790-07:00Wikipedia is a wiki. Other contributors can add, d...Wikipedia is a wiki. Other contributors can add, delete, or change articles that are posted there so now, years later, readers may find Kerr's life there but it may no longer be your version. Addie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07213816100411487869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-59232225551531051462021-02-04T16:39:50.441-08:002021-02-04T16:39:50.441-08:00I only have a few books and haven't found it. ...I only have a few books and haven't found it. Yes I am afraid everything is out of print.Stephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-87765905957494514842021-02-04T14:17:01.705-08:002021-02-04T14:17:01.705-08:00I came across this poem in an anthology entitled &...I came across this poem in an anthology entitled "This Day and Age" when I was doing my eng. lit. 'O' level. As I am now over 70 I fear it may be out of print,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15797572941403805031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-69561600956761774452020-04-30T15:40:38.322-07:002020-04-30T15:40:38.322-07:00PS her daughter Elizabeth stars in Wren Helen (the...PS her daughter Elizabeth stars in Wren Helen (the book that got me started). Her son Roger was killed in WW2 aged 19.Stephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-62436670419767609602020-04-30T15:37:13.006-07:002020-04-30T15:37:13.006-07:00Her husband Jack was posted at HMS Raleign 1939-40...Her husband Jack was posted at HMS Raleign 1939-40 at Torpoint. ATS girls I think, drivers. A bit fond of silk stockings. I think the Exmoor diversion is deliberate? The story was probably sketched out at this point to be written up later. She wrote 120 books in 12 years so didn't hang around!<br />Stephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-61742580378192201182020-04-30T14:55:39.942-07:002020-04-30T14:55:39.942-07:00Hi Stephen, I would say she definitely knew the ar...Hi Stephen, I would say she definitely knew the area as she accurately describes journeys between locations. However it strangely goes askew towards the end when a journey passes through a nearby village and we are suddenly 80 miles away on Exmoor. Maybe she visited SE Cornwall before the war. regards TonyTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964292264655571121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-84425797936974844272020-04-30T07:54:08.362-07:002020-04-30T07:54:08.362-07:00Hi Tony, Tregantle was a 1946 book so it is unlike...Hi Tony, Tregantle was a 1946 book so it is unlikely she was able to travel there with the war still active. She often researched from books, and got info from people she met. It will be interesting if her descriptions make sense to you being local. I recall they were girls chatted up by Irish spies ... the Irish Lord Haw haw was notorious and may have given her the idea. My father was Irish and risked his life in the RAF. Best wishesStephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-61134705243421017792020-04-30T04:06:23.624-07:002020-04-30T04:06:23.624-07:00Hi there, I am interested in the author Elizabeth ...Hi there, I am interested in the author Elizabeth Rogers, who I discover was Eileen Marsh, and wonder if she ever lived in SE Cornwall where she set The Girls of Tregantle Fort, TonyTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964292264655571121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-91695510496132065642020-04-30T04:00:11.029-07:002020-04-30T04:00:11.029-07:00Hi there, I have been lent a copy of The Girls of ...Hi there, I have been lent a copy of The Girls of Fort Tregantle set in SE Cornwall. There is a fair bit of detailed knowledge about my area ( I live two miles from Fort Tregantle) and I wondered whether your great grandmother ever lived in the area, regards TonyTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964292264655571121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-27944369375017607132020-04-30T04:00:09.572-07:002020-04-30T04:00:09.572-07:00Hi there, I have been lent a copy of The Girls of ...Hi there, I have been lent a copy of The Girls of Fort Tregantle set in SE Cornwall. There is a fair bit of detailed knowledge about my area ( I live two miles from Fort Tregantle) and I wondered whether your great grandmother ever lived in the area, regards TonyTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964292264655571121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-27303701625621555662019-08-25T07:23:07.350-07:002019-08-25T07:23:07.350-07:00Thanks Jo. Bracebridge Heming is included in Bates...Thanks Jo. Bracebridge Heming is included in Bates' biography of Jack, Dorothy and Bracebridge. Since I was researching Dorothy I didn't follow up Philip and his brother, so was interested in Forgotten Authors 3. I have lost contact with the Heming family over the last decade. Jack's war service is a bit of a mystery so any other snippets that come your way let me know. Your comment was truncated - seemed to lose a bit at the end. Best wishes in Hull, had a friend there and I used to work in Scarborough.Stephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-2331178494507941522019-08-25T05:51:31.598-07:002019-08-25T05:51:31.598-07:00Jack's WW1 brief service record (from TNA) sho...Jack's WW1 brief service record (from TNA) shows that he wanted to be a pilot but found that when he was in the air that he was so scared that he couldn't do anything. ADM 273/17/299<br />Jack was the son of notorious writer/journalist Philip Heming, editor of London Life. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Authors-3-Steve-Holland/dp/198076137XSee Phil's story at brother f Dr Jo Stanley, FRHistS.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16615448959846276053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-5402049153534846942017-08-15T19:39:58.910-07:002017-08-15T19:39:58.910-07:00Will have a look. First task will be to find the b...Will have a look. First task will be to find the books! I had a tidy up recently. Will reply in a day or twoStephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-68913760205640435092017-08-15T18:29:29.713-07:002017-08-15T18:29:29.713-07:00Hello, would you happen to know which collection J...Hello, would you happen to know which collection John Pudney's "security" appeared? Thanks so muchAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212015626015599334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-78352898566504752052017-05-28T23:32:24.829-07:002017-05-28T23:32:24.829-07:00Jane, hope you find this since I can't private...Jane, hope you find this since I can't private message you. Yes, providing that you acknowledge my name and source (the blog address) do use what you need. Sheba was published 6 years after her death and I suspect it was written by husband Jack. Since Jack was off to war, I suspect other Guy Dempster books were planned by Jack and tidied up by Eileen. I have no proof though. Best wishes, StephenStephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-91056630123931962542017-05-28T20:59:36.346-07:002017-05-28T20:59:36.346-07:00Hi Stephen,
Before reading 'Jonquil' I ha...Hi Stephen,<br /><br />Before reading 'Jonquil' I had also read (and kept) a Guy Dempster title 'The Airmen of Sheba's Temple' and often said of it to fellow book collectors that the story was a far better description of setting up an air service than it was an adventure about Sheba's temple.<br /><br />As for me, I was an aircraft mechanic in the NZ air force for nearly 20 years and though I don't have a huge interest in aircraft now I'm 'retired' from that life, I do tend to pick up aviation themed books from my collecting era (1930s to 1960s). Or possibly I'm just a sucker for aviation cover art.<br /><br />I read out an extract from this blog post about Eileen Marsh's pseudonyms and output to my book collecting friends at our recent meeting which is our annual opportunity to recommend books to each other. The editor of our club magazine would like to add some of the stats from your article into my comments about 'Jonquil, Test Pilot' if that be okay with you.<br /><br />Jane<br />in NZ<br />Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062664181828310135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-45940486956603839332017-03-16T14:31:29.288-07:002017-03-16T14:31:29.288-07:00She wrote 120 in 12 years so be careful, and her h...She wrote 120 in 12 years so be careful, and her husband a few more, some using her names (she died in 1948). I think she was a remarkable woman, bringing up a large family at the same time. Bates' book is impossible to source, I think. It needs reprinting.<br />Stephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-31374878595815328602017-03-16T13:49:15.391-07:002017-03-16T13:49:15.391-07:00Yes 40 under different names which I did not reali...Yes 40 under different names which I did not realise was same author until I saw your blog.Waleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100827197397717169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-90145871264534459262017-03-16T02:03:29.452-07:002017-03-16T02:03:29.452-07:00Should have explained that his real name was Harbo...Should have explained that his real name was Harbourne and he wrote as Lawrence R Bourne. I spoke with a descendent. Was a bit confused by '40 of the same author under different names' - does that mean you have a Marsh/Heming collection? StephenStephen Biggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183851805005306573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566636188890160796.post-88593895713807945532017-03-15T21:13:14.778-07:002017-03-15T21:13:14.778-07:00No I realize Bourne all marine just I diversified ...No I realize Bourne all marine just I diversified my collection when collecting Westerman (I have about 300 of JFC and PF) now realised thanks to you that I have 40 by the same author albeit with different names. Now I am aware I will look at your Bourne/Harbour post.<br />Regards<br />Ken<br />Waleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100827197397717169noreply@blogger.com