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<br><b>Official Newsletter No. 10<br>Celebrating the Life and Works of
Guy N Smith 1939-2020</b>
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<br><b>Greetings Fans, Friends and Fiends!</b>
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<h2>Welcome!</h2>
<p>At last we have details of the imminent GNS Fan Convention 2026
(still time to sign up!) plus current
and future projects by Black Hill Books. We've been busy all summer
with our re-releases!</p>
<p>Since the last summer, we've put out ebooks/paperbacks of
<i>Cannibals, Killer Crabs: The Return, The
Slime Beast, Spawn of the Slime Beast</i> and <i>Bamboo Guerillas</i>,
and to commemorate 50 years since the
first Crabs book, we've launched a special edition of <i>Night of the
Crabs</i> - using the 2009 extended
version - in both paperback and hardback (originally published by
Ghostwriter Publications) with
genuine Rick Melton cover artwork (with a pinch of 'Chris Hall Crab').
Talking of special artwork,
we've had super contributions from writer-author-artist fans on many of
the books from chapter
heading art to cover design and forewords. There's a real team of fans
behind the Black Hill Books
project!</p>
<p>And as usual, there's another instalment from the teen 'Mystery Man
Diary' in which Guy enjoys
gardening and romantic daydreaming, and his mother sits and types in
the car (while the boys go
shooting) - and tries to put a stop to the neighbours' gossiping!</p>
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<h2>The Guy N. Smith Fan Convention 2026</h2>
<p>The "Event of the Year" will be located at Knighton Community
Centre, Powys on Sunday September 6th
and will begin at 12 noon.
<p>12:00 - Tara Paulsson will open the event and introduce everyone -
and encourage raffle ticket
purchases! Original book art - 8 Crabs series covers, Bamboo Guerillas
cover, Badger Island cover -
and Dad's Imperial Typewriter will be on the display table (far away
from the merch/book releases
table).</p>
<p>12:05 - Comedian/broadcaster Robin Ince talks about Giant Crabs!</p>
<p>12:45 - <i>Killer Crabs</i> Prologue audiobook taster, with
narration by Pete Gold (see the last newsletter
for more information on Pete, who narrated our Night of the Crabs
audiobook)</p>
<p>13:00 - Author Mark Morris reads from his latest book <i>'Bad Things
Happen Here'</i></p>
<p>13:30 - "Border Bites" Buffet Lunch and Mingle - celebrated comic
artist Charlie Adlard will be in
attendance!</p>
<p>14:15 - Tara reads the Introduction to <i>Pipe Dreams</i>, Guy N.
Smith's memoir</p>
<p>14:30 - David Owain Hughes reads an extract from his crime mystery
thriller <i>South by Southwest Wales</i>
</p>
<p>14:45 - Comedian/Writer/Broadcaster Bennett Arron hosts the raffle
draw</p>
<p>15:00 - Bennett Arron is Quizmaster for our "Beasts and Bayonets"
Quiz</p>
<p>16:00 - Bennett wears the Auctioneer's Hat (well, it's actually his
own hat but, hey, he's versatile)
</p>
<p>16:30 - Quiz prizes!</p>
<p>17:00 - Finish - it'll all be over bar the air-kissing… but you can
snog if you want to</p>
<h3>Some Fan Con 2026 Goodies</h3>
<p>Limited edition chapbook of the GNS Fan Con 2026 short story
<i>'Hollow Eyes'</i> by Guy N. Smith</p>
<p>Limited edition chapbook of <i>Crabs' Fury</i> by Guy N. Smith and
Charlie Adlard</p>
<p>Auction of Bamboo Guerillas and Slime Beast series artwork (oil on
canvas, pen and ink - reserve
prices apply!), proofed MSS of the latest releases, signed books, a
selection Graveyard Rendezvous
originals</p>
<p>Exhibition of Neale Thomas' Crabs series original painted artwork,
mounted on wooden (books 1-8),
Rowan Robinson's Badger Island cover art painting</p>
<p>Raffle prizes (ooooooh!)</p>
<p>An Honorary PhD in GNS Studies awarded by the Great Scribbler
Academy of Pulp</p>
<p>Free buffet by Borders Bites</p>
<p>Free Spotify download code for the Night of the Crabs audiobook
launched last year</p>
<h3>Plus</h3>
<p>Black Hill Books GNS re-releases at special fan con discount
price</p>
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<h1>Personalities and contributors:</h1>
<h2>Robin Ince</h2>
<h3>Comedian, Writer, Broadcaster</h3>
<img src="image1.png" alt="Photographer - Alice Degarssi (c) The Cosmic
Shambles Network">
<p>Robin Ince is many things. A multi award winning comedian, author,
broadcaster, bibliomaniac and a
populariser of scientific ideas. He is perhaps best known as the former
co-host and co-creator of
the Sony Gold Award winning BBC Radio 4 series <i>The Infinite Monkey
Cage</i> with Professor Brian Cox. As
a stand up Robin has toured the world and as an author he has written
four acclaimed books,
including <i>Bibliomaniac</i>, earned him the prestigious Booksellers
Association Author of the Year award.
His fifth, <i>Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal</i> is published in May
2025. He co-created the Cosmic
Shambles Network and created the groundbreaking science variety night
<i>Nine Lessons and Carols</i> for
Curious People which has been adapted worldwide. He has received an
Honorary Fellowship of UCL, an
honorary doctorate from Royal Holloway College (University of London),
and is a fellow of the
British Science Association.</p>
<list>Work includes:</list>
<ul>
<li>'Infinite Monkey Cage' (Radio 4)</li>
<li>'Giant Killer Crabs Musical' (Latitude Festival 2006/2026)</li>
<li>The Incomplete Shambles Podcast</li>
</ul>
<list>Books:</list>
<ul>
<li>'Bad Book Club'</li>
<li>'Normally Weird Weirdly Normal'</li>
<li>'Bibliomaniac'</li>
<li>'The Importance of Being Interested'</li>
<li>'I'm a Joke and So Are You'</li>
</ul>
<list>Plus</list>
<ul>
<li>'Crabs on the Rampage' foreword!</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Charlie Adlard</h2>
<h3>British Comic Book Artist and Illustrator Charlie Adlard</h3>
<img src="image4.png" alt="Photographer: Matthew Johnson">
<h4>Winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in
Comic Art</h4>
<p>Charlie was born on the 4th August 1966 in the town of Shrewsbury,
England and, having moved away to
study film and video at art college, eventually moved back and still
resides there today. Before
moving back to Shrewsbury, he spent a brief stint in London, finding
out that the BA he'd earned at
art college was pretty useless in getting a job in the film industry,
and, after failing to set the
world alight playing the drums in a rock band, eventually settled on
the "third" option - which was
comics. An option he finally realised should have been number one right
from the beginning. After
spending two years back in Shrewsbury, working on a portfolio, he
eventually found his first work at
the Judge Dredd Megazine in 1992 and hasn't looked back since.</p>
<list>Work includes:</list>
<ul>
<li>The Walking Dead</li>
<li>Mars Attacks</li>
<li>The X-Files</li>
<li>Judge Dredd</li>
<li>Savage</li>
<li>Batman</li>
<li>X-Men</li>
<li>Superman</li>
</ul>
<list>Plus:</list>
<ul>
<li>Crabs' Fury Graphic Novel!</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Bennett Arron</h2>
<h3>Comedian / Writer / Presenter / Speaker</h3>
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<h4>BBC New Comedy Awards Finalist alongside Peter Kay</h4>
<p>In 2023, following a successful and award-winning run at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Top Ten Jokes
of the Fringe, Poster of the Year Award), Bennett was about to work on
a TV project, write a new
book and perform at various venues around the world. Then, for the
first time ever, he began to
suffer from anxiety and depression. His life fell apart. He had to
cancel everything and he couldn't
even leave his house.</p>
<p>Two years later, Bennett returned to the Festival with a show based
on his experiences. The funny,
poignant, moving and relatable show played to full houses and was
critically acclaimed. Bennett has
created dozens of episodes of television, three series for radio, one
feature film, three books and
thousands of hours of material for other entertainers. Genie in The
House was the number one show on
Nickelodeon. Bennett wrote over 20 episodes of the series and the TV
Movie.</p>
<list>Work includes:</list>
<ul>
<li>'I Regret This Already' stand up show (Edinburgh)</li>
<li>The role of 'Morris' in Radio 4 sitcom 'Alone'</li>
<li>Presenter/Director of 'How to Steal an Identity' Channel 4
documentary:</li>
<li>Mock the Week</li>
<li>Have I Got News for You</li>
<li>Graham Norton</li>
<li>BAFTA and Golden Globes speechwriting</li>
</ul>
<list>Books:</list>
<ul>
<li>'Heard the One About Identity Theft?'</li>
<li>'The Girl From the Discotheque'</li>
</ul>
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<h2>David Owain Hughes</h2>
<h3>Author</h3>
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<p>David Owain Hughes is a word-slinger of horror and crime fiction who
grew up on trashy B-movies from
the age of five which helped rapidly instil in him a vivid sense of
imagination. He's had multiple
short stories published in various online magazines and anthologies,
along with articles, reviews
and interviews. He's written for This is Horror, Blood Magazine and
Horror Geeks Magazine. Hughes is
the author of six novels, four short story collections and a plethora
of novellas. Although he
predominantly writes within the the bracket of horror and its multiple
subgenres, he's recently
branched out into crime fiction and is slowly carving out a superb
series of crime/noir thrillers
under the umbrella title of South Wales.</p>
<list>Work includes:</list>
<ul>
<li>South by Southwest Wales</li>
<li>Any Which Way but South Wales</li>
<li>All Roads Lead to South Wales</li>
<li>Wind-up Toy</li>
<li>Man-eating F*cks</li>
<li>The Rack and Cue</li>
</ul>
Plus
<ul>
<li>'Cannibals' foreword!!</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Mark Morris</h2>
<h3>Author</h3>
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<p>In his 38-year career Mark Morris has written and edited over fifty
novels, novellas, short story
collections and anthologies, and his script work includes audio dramas
for Doctor Who, Jago &
Litefoot and the Hammer Chillers series. His most recent work includes
the novels That Which Stands
Outside and Bad Things Happen Here, new audio adaptations of the
classic 1971 horror movie <i>Blood
on
Satan's Claw</i> and the M.R. James ghost story <i>A View From a
Hill</i>, the official BBC
Books/Target
novelization of the 60th anniversary Doctor Who special <i>Wild Blue
Yonder</i>, and, as editor, an
anthology in the acclaimed <i>'Tales of the Weird'</i> series published
by the British Library,
entitled
The New Flesh: Tales of Shapeshifters and Strange Transformations, and
six anthologies in the
ongoing ABC of Horror series for Flame Tree Press. Blood on Satan's
Claw won the New York Festival
Radio Award for Best Drama Special, and A View From a Hill won the New
York Festival Radio Award for
Best Digital Drama Program, and was also awarded Silver at the 2020
Audio & Radio Industry Awards.
Mark has won two British Fantasy Awards, and has also been nominated
for several Stokers and Shirley
Jackson Awards.</p>
<list>Work includes:</list>
<ul>
<li>Bad Things Happen Here</li>
<li>That Which Stands Outside</li>
<li>The Society of Blood</li>
<li>The Black</li>
<li>Mr Bad Face</li>
<li>The Deluge</li>
<li>Toady</li>
<li>The Wolves of London</li>
</ul>
<list>Plus</list>
<ul>
<li>Origin of the Crabs foreword!</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Jon Bruford</h2>
<h3>Writer, journalist and broadcaster</h3>
<img src="image14.png">
<p>Co-host of The Gambling Files, Addiction, and TGF Presents Dessert
Island Discs podcasts</p>
<list>Work includes:</list>
<ul>
<li>Managing Editor of Casino International publication</li>
<li>Publishing Director, Fulwoord Media</li>
<li>Content and Editorial, The Gaming Boardroom</li>
<li>The Gambling Files Substack Blog</li>
</ul>
<list>Plus</list>
<ul>
<li>'Bamboo Guerillas' foreword!</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Chris Hall</h2>
<h3>Business professional, Black Hill Books contributing artist,
writer/content creator at
DLSReviews.com -
and Killer Crabs: The Return foreword writer!</h3>
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<h3>From the last newsletter's 'Last Word' column:</h3>
<p>I've attended every annual GNS Fan Convention since 2010. Guy and
his wonderful family have also
become
good friends. I've also been lucky enough to be killed at the claws of
the giant crabs within the
novella 'Killer Crabs 2: The Return'. As anyone who spends five-minutes
in my company will no doubt
testify, preserving the legacy of GNS is very important to me. To this
day I've continually done
what I
can to promote Guy's work and document what was published. My website -
DLS Reviews - an openly
verbose
labour of love, is where I continually add more in-depth reviews of
GNS's work, more to provide an
online reference for those wanting to find out more about Guy's back
catalogue, than anything else.
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<h2>Hal C F Astell</h2>
<h3>Author, critic, publisher - and The Slime Beast foreword
writer!</h3>
<img src="image18.png">
<p>Hal C. F. Astell is a critic, author, publisher and film festival
director who runs the Apocalypse
Later
Empire from his lair in Phoenix, Arizona. He has many books and zines
in print through Apocalypse
Later
Press. His website is apocalypselaterempire.com.</p>
<p>He found Guy's work in the early eighties, met the man himself in
1993 and soon became a friend,
colleague and IT support guy. He was Production Director for Black
Hills Books (Publishers), laying
out
Guy's first three self-published novels and a few issues of Graveyard
Rendezvous. He contributed
fiction
to Graveyard and non fiction to Hell of a Guy: Fans on the Rampage,
Sabat Antologia tom 2 (in
Polish)
and GNS3.</p>
<p>He ran Guy's first official website and continues to maintain
Smithland at guynsmith.rocks. He owns a
substantial collection of Guy's manuscripts, which have helped deepen
his ongoing read and review
runthrough of all Guy's books for the Nameless Zine, the first third of
which can be found in print
in
the Apocalypse Later Zine, Guy N. Smith Part One.
https://a.co/d/0aesKPJp</p>
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<h2>GNS in the Wild!</h2>
<p>One of our eagle-eyed fans spotted this extract from Stephen Graham
Jones's foreword to "Video Night"
by
Adam Cesare.</p>
<img src="image21.png">
<p>Nice!</p>
<p>And again, this article was spotted by a contributor, so we got in
touch with John Harrison and a
responded with a few words!</p>
<h2><i>"Werewolves, Slime Beasts and Killer Crabs"</i></h2>
<h2>by John Harrison</h2>
<h3>Writer and journalist</h3>
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<h4>A little bit about John Harrison</h4>
<p>"I am a freelance writer based in Melbourne, Australia, who grew up
in the 1970s and 80s developing
the
obsessions that I now spend a lot of my time writing about: cult
cinema, vintage pulp paperbacks,
old
comic books, glam rock music, true crime, and the Las Vegas of
yesteryear. I have contributed
hundreds
of pieces to books, magazines and websites, as well as many Blu-ray
releases. My most recent book,
CREATURES OF THE SCREEN, a history of the rock group KISS told via
their film and television work,
as
well as an examination of the films which have been inspired by them,
was published by Bear Manor
Media
in 2025.</p>
<p>I first wrote about Guy N. Smith in my 2011 book, HIP POCKET SLEAZE:
THE LURID WORLD OF VINTAGE ADULT
PAPERBACKS. As I mention in my recent article in WE BELONG DEAD, I was
introduced to Guy's work in
much
the same way I imagine so many others of my age were: by picking up a
copy of KILLER CRABS from the
newsagents when I was a young teen, and quickly devouring it in one
sitting. It certainly led me to
wanting to track down any book I could find that had Guy's name on
it..and they rarely disappointed!
</p>
<p>While it is sad that Guy is no longer with us in body, it's
wonderful to see his work, and his
character, living on through both his books and his fans, not to
mention all the younger horror
writers
who have been influenced by his great works."</p>
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<h1>LATEST RELEASES!</h1>
<h2>Killer Crabs - the audiobook!</h2>
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<h3>Amazon Author Page</h3>
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0034NE89E?ingress=0&visitId=75897d31-88b0-4d50-a84b-7807e8a79e8e
[1]
<p>If you use Amazon, please follow Guy's page.</p>
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<h2>"Mystery Man" Diary 1957</h2>
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<p>Here is the eighth instalment of Guy's secret teenage diary,
originally handwritten, and published in
our GNS newsletters for the first time. Guy would have been just 18
years old when he wrote it and
was already working in the Midland Bank. Enjoy!</p>
<p><u><b>Sunday April 14th</b></u><br>
Got up around 11am & got to work on the garden. Tied up the ramblers,
planted some scabius & made a
marrow bed out of the front refuse heap. Saw Billie & Nellie. Tidied
out the shed & cut the two
'easy' lawns. I then cut the two pieces of rough grass with the edging
tool. I finished them and
made a good job. A good day's work!</p>
<p><u><b>Monday April 15th</b></u><br>
A very good day indeed! I caught the 4.42 today for the first time on a
Monday since i have been at
New Street. I was home at 5.20pm & I got right into the garden. I
finished off cutting the grass in
the "orchard". I then cut the grass by the front hedge & finished it.
Took Mr Buckingham & Jack
White a load of grass cuttings for the fowls? Foals?</p>
<p><u><b>Tuesday April 16th</b></u><br>
Another very good day. I got the 4.42 train home. I finished cutting
grass, patched up the two large
flower pots & sowed some cress in the shed. Went dancing with Sam
Loughhead. Learnt the Samba. We
gave two girls a lift as far as Two Gates. They seemed a bit dubious at
first but plucked up courage
and got in. I might ask them sometime in the future.</p>
<p><u><b>Wednesday April 17th</b></u><br>
We had all balanced at 4 o/c when Tony Hill came and told me to go &
help find a London difference.
I got the 4.40 bus home & rode with Mr and Mrs Davis. I did some
gardening. I made a flower pot out
of the old chimney pot I took some grass cuttings down to Grandma's. I
put my kidney beans in.</p>
<p><u><b>hursday April 18th</b></u><br>
Had a nasty difference & had to tick the "Others" section off. I came
home on the 5.51 bus. I came
home with Julia Buckley. I put some Godetia in the back flower beds. I
went down to Grandma's. Joe
Dawson blew in, but didn't stay long! I rang up Mrs Phizacklea & she
says I can go up there shooting
on Sat evening.</p>
<p><u><b>Friday April 18th</b></u><br>
(Good Friday)
Went to church in the morning. Congregation consisted of Greato rex
(singer), another woman and
myself! I came back & cut the lawns. Went up to see Mr Price about some
firewood but he wasn't in. I
put my mushroom spawn down. I sawed up an old Christmas tree for logs &
prepared another.</p>
<p><u><b>Saturday April 20th</b></u><br>
Back home at 2pm. I sawed up the other Christmas tree into 9 logs. Mr
Price said I could have any
chippings I could find. I fetched a big load of chippings & larger
stuff. Stocked them behind the
shed. Went shooting to Phizacklea's. Had one shot - got nothing. Mum
sat and typed in the car.</p>
<p><u><b>Sunday April 21st</b></u><br>
(Easter Sunday)
Went to church in the morning. Came back and began to lay in firewood.
On the last trip, I ran into
Arthur. I tried to avoid him by cutting across an open space but he
yelled "Get off my trees." Could
have been worse! Did some gardening. Rodney & Kay arrived at Billy's
today. Clarkes called tonight.
</p>
<p><u><b>Monday 22nd April</b></u><br>
(Easter Monday)
Did a couple of hours gardening at Grandma's. In the afternoon I tidied
out our air-raid shelter. I
took all the rubbish down to Grandma's & burnt it. I cut the privet
hedge by the shelter. Wrote a
story "Brotherhood of the Viper" for the "Tettenhall Observer." A good
day's work. Rodney & Kay went
back today.</p>
<p><u><b>Tuesday 23rd April</b></u><br>
I'm up at Longbridge this week. It was very peaceful today. Only one
customer between 1 & 3 o/c. The
police warned us about a £5 note a murderer was likely to cash. I am on
late post. Got the 6.20
train home. I am staying at Grandma's as Mum, Dad and Lance went to
Llandudno this morning. Went up
home in the evening. Had a glass of beer with Billy & Nellie. Showed
Billy round our place. Slept at
Grandma's. I am very keen on Angela Teague!!!</p>
<p><u><b>Wednesday 24th April</b></u><br>
Fairly busy up at Longbridge today. Everything went O.K. Did not even
catch sight of Angela Teague
today. I got home at 7.20pm after late post. I went up home & had the
gramophone on, did some
watering & went round to Billy's for a glass of beer. We think old Dale
has got a job. Billy has
been stuffing both Coles and Roberts about the way my garden is coming
on!</p>
<p><u><b>Thursday 25th April</b></u><br>
A very quiet day indeed up at Longbridge. Harry Neale told me his "life
story." We had quite a busy
late post & I got the 6.35 bus home. Home at 7.50pm. Someone has
meddled with my traps. Arthur told
Billy he is going to close up the backs into the wood. He said, "You've
only got to look down the
backs to see who does the pinching." Had a glass of beer with Billy &
Nellie.</p>
<p><u><b>Friday 26th April</b></u><br>
A very busy day up at Longbridge. I got home at 7 o/c having walked
from Mile Oak. I thought I would
try and put a gate on the back up by the wood. I took the trellis gate
off from the side of the
house & tried to put that up. It was about a foot too short. Mum, Dad
and Lance arrived back from
Llandudno tonight.</p>
<p><u><b>Saturday 27th April</b></u><br>
Got home about 3 o/c. Mum is a bit bad-tempered I think. She says Billy
is only trying to stir up
trouble between Arthur & me. I went shooting to Phizacklea's. Didn't
get anything because she (Mum)
said I was to be back before dark. No point in going if that's the
case! I'm more determined than
ever to approach Angela!</p>
<p><u><b>Sunday 28th April</b></u><br>
Did not get up till 11am. Did some gardening. Watered the whole garden.
Got the dandelions off the
lawn. Killed thousands of ants by pouring boiling water in the ditch
beneath the front rockery. I
saw Billy & Nellie in the afternoon. I also had a chat to Fred & Mrs
Cole. She says my peas are the
highest in Hopwas! I am still thinking of Angela Teague!!!</p>
<p><u><b>>Monday 29th April</b></u><br>
Busiest day so far in the history of Longbridge. Got the 5.5 bus home;
home at 6.20pm. Arthur has
spoken to Mum & Dad. It is all a lot of tittle-tattle on Billy's part.
Arthur does not hate me. He's
got it in for Coles though. That's a bit of bother cleared up! I played
my gramophone outside
tonight, did some watering and put in a row of parsley. I'm crazy over
Angela Teague!!!</p>
<p><u><b>Tuesday 30th April </b></u><br>
A reasonable day up at Longbridge. Mrs Cole came up to me this evening
& said that Arthur had told
her Mum was annoyed at the "house to house gossip" & he blamed Coles. I
soothed her down O.K.
Needless to say Billy & Nellie aren't very popular! I went up to Mrs
Winfield with Sam Loughead.
Everyone, practically, who was here tonight couldn't dance! I am still
thinking of Angela!</p>
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<h2>Black Hill Books Ltd would like to say a big thank
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