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Author Archives: Patrick
Interesting Cricket Quotes from The Past…
Bowl fast, bowl faster. When you play Test cricket you don’t give Englishmen an inch. Play it touch, all the way. Grind them into the dust. Don Bradman 1908 – 2001 Australian cricketer. Never read print, it spoils one’s eye … Continue reading
Interesting People from the Past…
Sir Noel Coward wrote his first play The Rat Trap when he was eighteen years old. In 1916 he toured the provinces of England in Charley’s Aunt, and one of his earliest successes was his play The Vortex. Among others … Continue reading
Enid… A Rare Moment…
This very rare snapshot is thought to be taken on Hampstead Heath, North London soon after Enid Stamp Taylor’s marriage to diamond merchant Sidney Colton. Left is Agnes Stamp Taylor, Enid and Sidney. The car is a Rolls Royce and the picture is seemingly taken … Continue reading
Interesting Books from The Past…
The Dark Daughters by Rhys Davis, was first published in 1947 by William Heinemann. In 1895, wearing a smart frock-coat and an even smarter puce cravat, Mansell Roberts opened his chemist shop at the base of an arboreal North London … Continue reading
Interesting People from The Past…
George Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright and author. He was the Son of an Irish civil servant, and was born in Dublin in 1856. He began his working life in a land agent’s office and when he was twenty … Continue reading
Enid and Velhurst Farm…
A place where Enid Stamp Taylor loved to stay and relax when not working in Theatre or Film was the residential Velhurst Farm at Alfold, Surrey, in the south of England. In this wartime photograph, Enid is picture with a family … Continue reading
Enid and Robin Anne…
Mother and Daughter… Enid Stamp Taylor and daughter Robin Anne… Thought to have been taken in 1943, the picture comes from Robin Anne’s own collection of images… Note the very 40s look hairstyle, although, a fashion I feel, did not … Continue reading
Notes from My Father’s Diary…
Television in The Home. July 1953. Aerial requirements. The aerial is usually of the dipole type, with a reflector and a special matching feeder cable to connect the aerial to the receiver. Usually a receiver is designed for a feeder … Continue reading
Interesting People from The Past…
D. B. Wyndham Lewis was an author and journalist, and was the original “Beachcomber” of the Daily Express. Later he wrote for the Daily Mail and the News Chronicle as Timothy Shy. His books included Francois Villon, King Spider, Emperor … Continue reading