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BOOKS and MAGAZINES FACEBOOK GROUP
Re Newnes Practical
Magazines
Date: 18/02/09
From: briskiwi@bigpond.com.au (Ron)
Many years ago I bought a huge cardboard box of magazines, most
were Practical Engineering and edited by FJ Camm. Unfortunately
the whole lot were stolen in 1999 and until tonight i had never
found any reference to the practical series of magazines
anywhere. Although I understand that today's Practical Classics
magazine is a descendant so to speak. I also thought that FJ Camm
was simply a name used by several different persons as a generic
pen name. He must have been absolutely brilliant because of the
breadth of engineering subjects covered and the enormous number
of books and articles published. If anyone ever comes across any
issues of Practical Engineer they may wish to sell, please
contact me, Ron Bunting at briskiwi@bigpond.com.au
I've also listed on our WANTED page, Ron
Date: 21/03/09
From: kevin@thomasfineart.net (Kevin Thomas)
I have an oil painting frontispiece of two children on a wooden
ladder, in an orchard, picking dark red plums.The painting,
unsigned is inscribed 'SSU Frontispiece' and is possibly by one
of the Wonder Book- Childrens artists- Arthur Elsley, Frederick
Morgan or Sheridan Knowles.I wonder if any guest recalls seeing
such an image and if I could purchase the book.
Kind Regards
Kevin Thomas, Hungerford, Berkshire England
Info@thomasfineart.net .
Date: 12/07/09
From: kerryp@pomroyinc.biz (Kerry Pomroy)
Our Grandfather, an apprentice motor mechanic when WW1 broke out,
became first a dispatch rider, but due to injury, transferred to
the mechanical engineers with the Australian Flying Corps and
eventually became a flyer, taking aerial photographs on
reconnaissance missions over France & Germany. After the war
he became a motorcycle dirt track speedway racer and toured
England and Scotland from 1926 to 1930. I know that the prolific
author of many Chums and others stories, Alfred Edgar was
apparently an avid speedway fan and followed the riders from meet
to meet, befriending them, whilst gaining valuable inspiration
for many of his stories. I recently browsed the titles index and
discovered a couple which I would love to read if anybody has a
copy. Is it possible that our Grandfather was the inspiration for
such titles as "The Dirt Track Airman" Chums, Jan 22,
1929, "Garage Jim's Star Turn", The Boys Friend Apr 3,
1926, "Garage Jim", The Boys Friend Jan 2, 1926, or
perhaps even "Dispatch Runners" The Modern Boy, Nov 29,
1930.? Ps: His name was William but he was known as Jimmy.
Thanks, Kerry.
Date: 24/08/09
From: Mark
Found your site while looking for something (anything) to do with
Bilda-brix ... just wanting to show the lovers of Lego that there
was something we kids played with before Lego. / I probably got
them as a birthday present in the mid-to-late 1950s, and have
vague memories of building lots of stuff with them. I also had a
basic Meccano set around that time. I wish I knew what happened
to both of them. I suspect they were probably lost when we moved
house in 1961, and again in 1963. / It was also in my childhood
years that I was given a Tri-ang TT-guage trainset. A single
loop, which I later expanded to a single parallel straight
section. Handiwork was not one of my strengths in those days (it
still isn't), so I didn't do much with it. It came with (I think)
an 0-6-0 shunting engine, a passenger carriage, a couple of goods
wagons, (Shell?) fuel tank and a guard's van. And, like Greg, I
still remember the smell of the oil and ozone as it ran. / I
still have that set - and the now well-worn box - it came in.
It's in storage along with a whole house-full of other stuff that
I can't bear to part with. It'd probably need some maintenance
done on it before I ran it ... it would have been sitting in the
box for a good 40 years. My set came with a 240/12 volt AC/DC
transformer and a rheostat speed/direction controller. I haven't
seen the transformer for years, and last remember using it as a
DC source for some experiments with electroplating. I'll have to
build/acquire another 12v DC power supply before I'd even
contemplate putting the loco back on line again. / Thanks for
stirring up the memories, John.
Good to hear from you,
Mark. Your memories bear many similarities to my own. Maybe you
should go and remove a few of your goodies out of storage! That's
what I've been doing with my own stuff.
Date: 19/04/2010
From: Peter and Gillian Bartlett <millbart@ihug.co.nz>
A great wealth of info. I started collecting boys annuals about
30 years ago; always looking for more to match sets such as
certain boys own, 1930.s boys budget etc. not so many as when I
started. Does anyone know of a book titled either
"Chicken for Christmas" or "No chicken for
Christmas" 1950's? I also enjoy Wide World mags.
Peter, New Zealand.
Date: 15/06/2010
From: Pamela Furmidge
Although English, I spent several years as a child in Australia and while there, discovered the "Abbey Books". I loved them very much as they seemed so English and allowed me to connect with my birthplace. Looking through your site has brought back many happy memories of my Australian school days. Thank you. Pamela
Date: 18/06/2010
From: David dbradley1@toucansurf.com
I have an extensive collection of Percy F Westerman (approx 166 in total) many 1sts in DW and/or pictorial boards---also have JFC Westerman (25) with DW etc---- I am considering selling these collections---any suggestions the best way to do so will be very much appreciated.
Neither author is particularly valuable, unfortunately, so
probably not worth the trouble of selling individually on eBay. Perhaps you
could find a public institution to buy the lot?
Date: 15/07/2010
From: Denise Mailo
I discovered the “Shoes” series in my public library and fell in love. I also was enchanted by “The Magic Summer” as it was known here in America. I read these books to my daughter when she was younger. She is now 19 and we just reread “The Secret Garden” and are starting “The Magic Summer” again. I also am a huge fan of a book called “The Far Distant Oxus”. Two teenage girls in England wrote it. They also wrote two more together but I have not been able to purchase them because they are very rare and very expensive.
Date: 1/8/2010
From: Phoebe Davis
Thank you for reminding me about Kemlo and books they are what got me started on science fiction. I was not aware about how many that were written. Phoebe Davies who is now a grandmother first read the Kemlo books at the age of 8.
Date: 8/9/2010
Quite a few hard back volume’s of Boys Own Paper from the very first one 1879, although not in mint condition were handed down to me by my father, I had as a youngster read some of the articles in the papers and although perhaps not quite the modern day Thing, still found them interesting reading as a youngster.
There was another paper Boys own Manual which I have a few editions of, read this too.
Also have the first three hardback volumes of ‘Modern Wireless’, first out in 1923 or thereabouts, showed many ideas for designing and building of Wireless sets, and for the young people of today Radio receivers and transmitters, I built a Crystal set from one diagram way back in my youth, managed to pick up one station of I remember correctly. This eventually led me to become a Radio Amateur, and took up electronics and communications as a profession.
With Regards
Nick Hyde,
Aberdeen
Date: 20/6/2011
From: Peter Metcalfe
Re: Arthur Upfield
Its great to see some interest in Upfield . I have been collecting his books for
about 40 years, and still haven’t got them all.
Date: 25/10/2012
From: Jeremy Stubley
As a child I struggled to read, later I found out I was dyslexic, but at the
time I just called a 'slow learner'. Then in my last year at Middle school were
given No boats on Bannermere to study for the first term. Almost immediately I
was hooked and managed to read the whole thing in a couple of weeks, I searched
the school library and the local libraries for the other books in the series,
then every book of Trease's I could find. Its no small thing to say this book
got me reading and my love of books stems from his ability to spin stories a boy
from the inner city like me who yearned for the hills on the Lake District could
live in.
Oddly enough at the time I could not find a copy of the Black Banner Players no
matter how hard I looked and it was only a couple of years ago I found it was
re-published by Girls Gone By Publishing and bought the whole series for my own
kids to enjoy.
Thanks for article "A Fine Romance - Growing up in Bannerdale".
Even now the story entrances me.
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