Roland Pertwee Series "An excellent and unusual story, worthy to be compared to Arthur Ransome's" is the bold claim made on the dust-jacket of "Rough Water" by...
Welcome to new members to the group. It is unlikely that we can match the productivity of last month when 187 summaries were posted. However, we will probably...
Hi, I have to say that I have never been the slightest interested in either ponies or the people who ride them. On the other hand I have always enjoyed the...
An Actor's Life for Me. Roland Pertwee 1953 The fourth, chronologically, in the series which started with The Islanders, but in fact the third to be published....
Thanks for this summary, Chris. I have now added it to the files. For those who may be wondering over the name Roland Pertwee I am pretty sure he was the...
Jim, Roland Pertwee (1885-1963) was a very successful writer of plays, screenplays, teleplays and books; created the Grove Family soap opera amongst others....
I have attached a couple short stories from the Collins Magazine containing the Islanders. I don't know if there are any more or whether these were published...
... Hi Chris, I have added these to the files under the heading "The Islanders - Short Stories" - all in the Roland Pertwee folder. This addition of the short...
Hi, I have just posted into the files the account of my last "Pocomoto" adventure by Rex Dixon. That makes 13 out of the 23 that were written. It has been good...
Chris, If you go to my Story Paper Index -- or more specifically to this page... http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/paper/b25.htm ... and scroll down, you'll...
Hi, Having recently re-read the "Jill" series by Ruby Ferguson, I thought it would be useful to start on the bunch of old paperbacks that lay on the shelf...
This is a modern series. So far it consists of 8 completed books and the author's website says that there are another 10 to come. She's even got names for them...
Sticking with the Pullein-Thompson sisters I have just added summaries for Josephine Pullein-Thompson's "Noel and Henry" stories. There are 5 in the series and...
Amongst the credits on a film on British Channel 4 this afternoon were the words "Additional Scenes by Roland Pertwee". The film was "The Lamp Still Burns"...
From IMDb Roland Pertwee Date of birth (location) 17 May 1885 Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK Date of death 26 April 1963 London, England, UK. Writer -...
I've just sent in summaries of the four books of the Rex Milligan Series. They are Rex Milligan's Busy Term, Rex Milligan Raises the Roof, Rex Milligan Holds...
Hi, I have just posted a copy of the report below to the "Collecting Books and Magazines" group. I have just been doing a bit of counting up and so here is a ...
The third bit of the Islanders saga, regards Chris Operation Wild Goose- Oxford University Press 1955- Roland Pertwee The third book in the Islanders series....
Hi, I had been hoping to post a selection of "Jennings" summaries to the files. However, I made the mistake of reading them and getting engrossed. They will...
Having just found some old paperback copies of Enid Blyton's "Famous Five" series I have started on the summaries with the first two. Five on a Treasure Island...
Hi, For those who haven't noticed it the files now have a complete record of the series "The Islanders" by Roland Pertwee. Many thanks to Chris who rounded it...
I have just sent in two summaries for the "Peter Trant" series which was written by James W. Kenyon in the middle and late 1940s. In Britain this period was...
Hi, I have been reading through my collection of "Jennings" books. I never knew I had so many. My favourite is still "Jennings' Diary" but, in spite of some my...
Jim, In your trek through the Jennings books have you come across an incident involving a rabbit? I'm very vague on any more details because I read the book...
... incident ... No rabbits have turned up so far. If you look at the files you can see which books it isn't in ! There is a hedgehog in "The Jennings Report"...
Hi Jim, I hope you find it -- the rabbit and the book with the Heade cover, too. :-) I would like to say that sneakily reading under the desk during lessons ...
The well-known British astronomer and eccentric Patrick Moore wrote at least three space series for boys. The first was the "Mars" series where the hero was...
Hi, I have been writing summaries for the "Famous Five" series. There are now 17 completed out of the 21 on the list. The missing 4 are "Five Go to Mystery...
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