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The Shriving of Miss Esme Stamp...

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Serialized by Patrick George Callaghan and adapted for publication on my blog... Part 11 Charles returned to the house by early evening with the single minded edict that only haunts those driven by passion. He demanded to be admitted. He insisted he speak to Esme; to make his position in her affection settled and to lay siege to any voice of displeasure. Emily was told to show him to the sitting room. He stood with red determination before a nervous Constance. She had no real measure of this man. She had no tack of his strength of weakness. He was an untidier of women. He was an upseter in her world. She held an enraged eye. ‘I know you have slept with my daughter Mr. Hepworth!’ her first words were ruinous and repelling - like the disarming sways cut through French lines by English archers. ‘She told you…! He spluttered the words in total embarrassment and floundered trying to remap his thoughts at this cracking open volley that had the stench of loathing about it

Forgotten British Films...

Pimpernel Smith 1941 (US Mister V) Based on the theme of The Scarlet Pimpernel, an absent-minded university professor played by Leslie Howard helps certain people escape the Gestapo during the second world war and flee to the UK. An enjoyable film that I now and again dust off and sit down and watch. The plot is a little too unreal but the acting particularly from Leslie Howard is first class and a joy to watch. It was based on a novel by A.G. MacDonnell and also directed by Leslie Howard featuring a host of supporting actors of the time, also includes a short appearance of Oriel Ross the well known painter.

Lesley Eyles...

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Stepping back in time… I felt that I would like to include these press cuttings from 1969 on the blog as they were emailed to me by Denis O’Donoghue who at the time was a Journalist for Home Counties Newspapers here in the UK. The clippings show flight desk cashier Lesley Eyles wearing clothes that she had designed and made herself for very little cost! Denis wrote the story and I shot the pictures. Sadly, it’s material that I no longer have, so I was very pleased to see Lesley again, albeit in print form after so many years. Perhaps she became a fashion designer, I don’t suppose I shall ever know…

Forgotten British Films...

The Trollenberg Terror 1958 (US The Crawling Eye) I have not seen this British film for many a long year and I’m not sure if there are any copies around. Creatures from another world live in a radioactive cloud at the top of a Swiss mountain. There are decapitated victims and with the help from a couple of telepathic sisters the creatures are destroyed with bombs. Silly, but fun, and based loosely on a TV show. It features actors Warren Mitchell, Forrest Tucker, and Laurence Payne, and was directed by Quintin Lawrence for Tempean Films.