Strange that Elsa Carlos wartime ENSA variety artist should find herself locked up in a French Chateau accused of the murder of a fellow artist Sally Wolstenholme. Stranger still when the Chateau was bombed and caught fire she managed to escape into Spain with the help of a young army chef, leaving the rest of the garrison for dead. Also strange when Joan Wragg also a spinster from Clapham London, civil servant and staunch churchgoer when on a 1950's package holiday in Spain was discovered naked on an afternoon sea trip and taken for a local prostitute and arrested. Even stranger when Elsa...
Strange that Elsa Carlos wartime ENSA variety artist should find herself locked up in a French Chateau accused of the murder of a fellow artist Sally ...
Little did war-time pub landlords Bob and Bea Grey know they were to become victims of Nazi conspiracy. One time music hall artists they were spotted performing an imitation of the King and Queen by Lionel Westhead head of Wartime Ministry of Information. He immediately signed them on as stand-ins for the royal couple. Thinking the King needed a rest, Westhead arranged a holiday in British Columbia Canada at the invitation of their host the high Commissioner. The King and Queen refused the invitation and as the commissioner had never met the Royals to save face, Bob and Bea were sent in in...
Little did war-time pub landlords Bob and Bea Grey know they were to become victims of Nazi conspiracy. One time music hall artists they were spotted ...
Bury St. Edmuds a pleasant enough town retaining its Georgian atmosphere and other significent periods including the its historic abbey, and a local natoriety, Willian Cawder. 'Murder of Maria Martin and the Red Barn'. Cawder was hanged for the crime and his skin, a book-binding, displayed in the local museum. On the lighter side, the famous farce ' Charley's Aunt' aired its first perfomance at the Theatre Royal. A modern day offering, the Abbey Choir of which were, Mr Johnnie Parkin as chief chorister. and a younger participant Tom Beck and lodger in Johnnie's large Regency house in Queens...
Bury St. Edmuds a pleasant enough town retaining its Georgian atmosphere and other significent periods including the its historic abbey, and a local n...
When young James Fotheril arrived at Capfell Hall as butler to two elderly ladies. Lady Dora and Lady Elvina. Little did he know what the position was to bring. Hard times prevailed and Jack the stable boy after being dismissed, hanged himself. So why did Inspector Bird point an accusing finger at Lady Dora? After temporally dismissing James, the two ladies did a flit, seeking refuge in a Brighton Hotel? James decided to take a short holiday and by a coincidence found himself in Brighton looking for work. Only to discover the whereabouts of the two ladies. Lady Dora at the hotel's ball...
When young James Fotheril arrived at Capfell Hall as butler to two elderly ladies. Lady Dora and Lady Elvina. Little did he know what the position was...
