Nikolaus Pevsner’s Hertfordshire 2nd ed 1977 page 125.<br><br>The old village lies close to the church. In CHURCHGATE and CHURCHFIELD some of the village...
Thanks. That's very helpful. Sounds like it's worth a visit next year. I'm assuming WHW lived here, at least during the week, when he attended the College....
You might be able to swim in the Leisure Centre - I'll check put a bit more up to date info sometime but you are right it would be a long day return trip on...
One of my goals is to get all of WHW's journalism up on the web site so that it is available to all and can be searched. I have been in contact with Mark ...
ALL the journalism is a massive task - if a wonderful one. I have very little that Mark doesn't have - but I do have a lot of the named articles in Stone's ...
Does anyone know why the frontispiece to Miriam's Schooling is often attributed to Walter Crane? It is clearly signed "A. Leverett". In an book listing on a...
I'm posting Charles Swann's responses:<br><br>Whether Stephen Willsher is real or fictional is unknown ‑ though the dedication clearly is important for ...
Pause for thought on December 22nd which is 170 years since William Hale White was born above his father's bookshop in Bedford. I'll try and visit the plaque...
From More pages from a Journal.P 171 - 3<br><br>" My housekeeper and her husband have begged for holiday from this morning till Boxing-day,and I could not ...
A few words to introduce myself, and my interest in Hale White. I came to him through a reading of Victorian novels of faith and doubt. In his writings, as ...
I have made a few updates to the web site:<br>1. The first article from the Rochdale Observer, and part of an article from the Nonconformist have been ...
It is good to see some of Hale White's articles here. I need to read much more of his output in this field. I have a scanner, and if anyone has photocopies of...
I'm in touch with Mark Crees who has about 200 of the articles. He's agreed to send me copies when he can. I plan to scan them but some help would be great. ...
I will be very happy to help with scanning. I have had some correspondence with Mark myself, but have lost touch - I think he may have moved from the address I...
It is 89 years since William Hale White died in Groombridge. Does anyone think that some commemoration should be organized for the 90th anniversary? No major...
A few additions to the web site: Two 1950s reviews of Maclean's and Stone's books. More photographs of Groombridge. Information about the Gale Literature...
I'm resending this because there may have been a problem with the initial posting (I didn't receive it, and another yahoo group that I subscribe to has lost...
... This is from Deliverance page 113 in T. Fisher Unwin edition or 257 in Basil Willey edition Victorian Library. "My love for Ellen was great, but I...
In a book by David Crystal on Language Death about dying languages there is a wonderful quote which which sums up my feelings of being where WHW might once...
What evidence do we have about the composition dates of White's novels? It is usually assumed that they were written at most a few years before publication,...
As you all know, I'm trying to get as many of White's newspaper articles transcribed on the web site. Here is a status update: * I have a list of all the...
I have had the following inquiry: "Dr. Paul Zahl, Dean of the [Episcopal] Cathedral Church of the Advent Birmingham, Alabama), quoted Mark Rutherford in a...
Mike Brealey's great work on listing the contents of the Nonconformist articles is now on the web site. It may take a while to download but I hope to fix that...
Just a note to say that a random search for Mark Rutherford material on abebooks.com today has thrown up interesting references in letters of H. Milford. Too...
I have made several updates to the Web site: Several newspaper articles from the Norfolk News added. Notes about Mark Rutherford by Frank Swinnerton in A...
I have added details of the March Conference to the web site (thanks Nick.) I've also invited Mark Crees and Nick Jacobs to join this group so I hope that we...
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