On reflection it is possible that Walter was Edward's brother. The 1881 census gives children still living at home with Henry Andrew with a large gap...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Sep 2, 2001 9:43 am
There's a really good little PD exhibition as part of the BL site, if anyone is interested: www.bl.uk/collections/epc/victorian/peny_thu.html Michael...
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Kierach Chapman
kierachapman@...
Sep 13, 2001 6:24 pm
Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but I am having problems with the edition of
Vileroy that we are putting on the web. When Justin opens it in the US, he
sees a...
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jjnevins@...
Sep 13, 2001 6:54 pm
I tried it on IExplorer 5.0 and Netscape 4.77, both on Windows 2000, and had no problem with either. jess...
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jjnevins@...
Sep 13, 2001 6:56 pm
... What's the URL? jess...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Sep 14, 2001 12:34 am
Kiera I had a quick look at Vileroy too and it was fine. Will write more to the group tomorrow. Michael....
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Sep 14, 2001 3:49 pm
Hello to all, the list has understandably fallen silent this last few days.In light of the numbness which the world seems to be feeling from this act of war I...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Sep 14, 2001 11:58 pm
Here's another instalment ot PITP. Among the illustrators for "The Days of Hogarth" Frank Jay lists one E. Brett. Does anyone know if this might be the same...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Sep 15, 2001 9:38 am
Hello all, I hope the little Medcraft article provided a warming gliimpse into the life of a penny serial collector some sixty-years ago. For those who are...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Sep 16, 2001 11:54 am
The instalment from December 7, 1918 is missing from the set Bill B. loaned me. Here's the one from December 14. (it's shorter than most) Justin Week Ending...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Sep 17, 2001 9:18 pm
Hi all! Thanks to Michael for providing examples of the true wartime spirit in these dark times. It is surely true to say that the survival of many of the...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Sep 18, 2001 11:37 pm
Hello Trefor, I was waiting to see if Michael would reply to this, but he probably doesn't have time right now. A few months ago I bought a complete copy of...
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Alex Maisey
a.maisey@...
Oct 4, 2001 11:28 am
Hi everyone, I just wanted to re-assure you all, that despite the apparent inactivity on out website, the next installments of Vileroy are on the way. This...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Oct 7, 2001 6:38 pm
Hi all! A query about a book I have recently picked up : it is "The Chronicles of Crime, or The New Newgate Calendar" in 2 Vols, pub 1841 by Thomas Tegg. Many...
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Justin Gilbert
justingilb@...
Oct 11, 2001 8:59 am
=========== CRIMES THAT INSPRIED PENNY BLOODS by John Medcraft THE COLLECTOR'S MISCELLANY N0. 12. May 1948 ======================================== Life...
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Kiera Chapman
kierachapman@...
Oct 11, 2001 12:48 pm
Thanks for this Michael- fascinating stuff! There is a hair-raising account of a murderous family highly similar to the
Sawney Beane story mentioned in this...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Oct 11, 2001 12:50 pm
Thanks to Justin/Michael for the info. on crime. Obviously things like the Newgate Chronicle were a major source for all fiction writers, from Rymer and Prest...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Oct 26, 2001 9:08 am
Hello to all, my lack of communication to the group was due to my being on tour in the States for a month. Although I did send a few messages from various...
Week Ending December 21, 1918. Peeps Into the Past. "Old-Time Periodicals." ... By Frank Jay. ... I must now return to the fifties to bring in one of the best...
Week Ending December 28, 1918. Peeps Into the Past. "Old-Time Periodicals." By Frank Jay. "THE HALFPENNY JOURNAL." "The Halfpenny Journal: A Magazine for all...
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Trefor Thomas
trefor.thomas@...
Oct 29, 2001 5:19 pm
I think it's time to thank the team who are bringing us Frank Jay's Peeps. The articles are certainly an unique source of detailed information about cheap...
Unfortunately about 1/4 of the 50 instalments are missing from what Bill loaned me. I think he has a second set that is equally lacking. I will try to get the...
Hi everyone - just quickly to clarify what Justin has written......we are going to try and get the other installments from the British Library - I have checked...
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Michael Holmes
varney@...
Oct 29, 2001 8:50 pm
I heartily agree. Fair play to you, Justin! The great thing about this project is that when ( and I presume it will come to pass ) you are able to get all of...
Week Ending December 28, 1918. Peeps Into the Past. "Old-Time Periodicals." ... By Frank Jay. ... I propose to leave for a time what I may term the more...
I thought I'd add some images to Frank Jays essays. This site http://www.library.yale.edu/~mpowell/victorianper.html#bb has pictures of some of the periodicals...
This is also from Bow Bells, and shows the first instalment of "The Young Cavalier," the serial that Jay praised so highly. I have been unable to determine the...
EPHEMERAL ISSUES—continued. "The London Penny Journal," from May 12 to July 7, 1832. Published by W. Strange, Paternoster Row. A very ordinary publication,...
Week Ending January 18, 1918. Peeps Into the Past. "Old-Time Periodicals." ... By Frank Jay. ... "THE BOYS OF ENGLAND." The first number of this extremely...
Dear All- Fans of J F Smith will be please to know that Justin Gilbert and Dick
Collins will be producing an e-text of *Minnigrey* for the Victorian Popular...
