Sue Light Posted 12 August , 2012 Share Posted 12 August , 2012 And a synopsis here Four Saints Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Zieminski Posted 12 August , 2012 Share Posted 12 August , 2012 I'm embarrassed to say this thread is the first I've heard of Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm. Kath. Kath Try this for a good read ... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elsie-Mairi-Go-War-Extraordinary/dp/1848091354/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344782598&sr=1-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth505 Posted 12 August , 2012 Share Posted 12 August , 2012 Yeah me too, here's the wiki link to Elsie and here's one for Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 12 August , 2012 Share Posted 12 August , 2012 Thanks, Peter. Oh, dear, another to add to the list. Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 12 August , 2012 Share Posted 12 August , 2012 There's a feature film due to be released next year about them, titled 'Four Saints' though I worry about its content and accuracy. Jean-Pierre Isbouts has been trying to get this miserable travesty off the ground for some years, and I had hoped that he had finally given up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 25 July , 2013 Share Posted 25 July , 2013 Just wondering if anyone has any news about 'Testament of Youth' -the Movie' ? Everything seems to have gone very quiet. From doing a websearch, 'The Guardian' featured 'Testament of Youth' in an article a few months back, but hasn't really stated anything new. Regards, Michael Bully http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/mar/24/vera-brittain-testament-of-youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 26 July , 2013 Share Posted 26 July , 2013 Thanks, Peter. Oh, dear, another to add to the list. Kath. Kath, I have a spare copy if you'd like it. sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 26 July , 2013 Share Posted 26 July , 2013 Both Vera and Edward Brittain visted Roland Leightons grave at Louvencourt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 26 July , 2013 Share Posted 26 July , 2013 Fantastic photo, thanks Ghazala ! Still wondering if anyone has solved mystery surrounding Roland Leighton's gravestone, why he was listed as being 19, when he was 20 when he died; his date of birth being 27th March 1895. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 26 July , 2013 Share Posted 26 July , 2013 Could someone have read 1896 for 1895 on his service record? 5 & 6 are easily confusible in some handwritings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 26 July , 2013 Share Posted 26 July , 2013 Thanks, seaJane. Will pm you. Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 July , 2013 Admin Share Posted 27 July , 2013 My theory is that his mother who was a flamboyant overbearing character with a sense of the dramatic may have had something to do with it. The register details (when there were proper registers) state that Roland was KIA when in fact he died of wounds. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 27 July , 2013 Share Posted 27 July , 2013 Indeed Michelle, I have found it very hard to read Marie Connor Leighton's 'Boy of my Heart' - memoir to Roland Leighton, 'Boy of my Heart' : Published anonymously in 1916, -it's available on the WWW. Regards Michael Bully http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13997070M/Boy_of_my_heart. My theory is that his mother who was a flamboyant overbearing character with a sense of the dramatic may have had something to do with it. The register details (when there were proper registers) state that Roland was KIA when in fact he died of wounds. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 28 August , 2014 Share Posted 28 August , 2014 A pal of mine posted this on the Vera Brittain Facebook group : The trailer for 'Testament of Youth' the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 28 August , 2014 Share Posted 28 August , 2014 According to this link the official release date for 'Testament of Youth' -The movie is 2nd January 2015 http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/testament-of-youth-trailer-520179.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 30 August , 2014 Share Posted 30 August , 2014 The trailer.....tinkly piano playing as usual, looks like its going to be a modern monstrosity, I hope not, but recent films sate it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loader Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 When I saw T of Y I fell in love with Cheryl Campbell! I was lucky enough to correspond with her & found her a warm lovely lady with kind thoughts for veterans. A very CLASS ACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 2 September , 2014 Share Posted 2 September , 2014 Looks like Downton Abbey - even the music sounds similar! I'll stick with the book, and memories of Cheryl Campbell (I too fell in love with her!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 5 September , 2014 Share Posted 5 September , 2014 Well yes 'Testament of Youth- the Movie' has a lot to live up to in trying to film quite a long book which is held in high esteem by so many people. Also will be compared to the TV series in the late 1970's which was certainly of high quality. I am hoping for the best as firstly Mark Bostridge, Vera Brittain's biographer has been involved, and secondly the film has taken some time to make, Colin Morgan of 'Merlin' fame is playing Victor Richardson, one of Vera's closest friends who died of wounds incurred at Arras. I regularly visit Victor's grave as live nearby, so will be particularly interested to see how he is portrayed. This site here claims to have published some pics http://testament-ofyouth.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 5 September , 2014 Share Posted 5 September , 2014 This is Victor Richardson, on the right. Roland Leighton is in the centre and Edward Brittain on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 5 September , 2014 Share Posted 5 September , 2014 In accordance with her last wishes, Vera's ashes were scattered over Edwards grave at the cemetery of Granezza in Italy, in September 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 6 September , 2014 Share Posted 6 September , 2014 Good to have these pictures added to the thread, thanks. The first photo of Edward Brittain, Roland Leighton, and Victor Richardson is from an OTC camp , Aldershot, July or August 1914, according to Don Farr's 'None That Go Return-Leigton, Brittain and Friends and the Lost Generation 1914-1918' . I don't recognise the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 6 September , 2014 Share Posted 6 September , 2014 The three were to referred to by Vera's mother as the 'Three Musketeers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBully Posted 23 September , 2014 Share Posted 23 September , 2014 A pal from the Vera Brittain Facebook group has posted this link : Seems that there are some tickets available for a preview of 'Testament of Youth- the Movie ' in October as part of the BFI London Film Festival. https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam%3A%3AWScontent%3A%3AloadArticle%3A%3Apermalink=testamentofyouth2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 15 October , 2014 Share Posted 15 October , 2014 If anyone is desperately interested in the new version of Testament of youth, and/or Vera Brittain's time at Somerville, I have an invitation to a literary dinner there (Sat. Nov. 15th) and could add on a guest or two in addition to Other Half. Speakers are Baroness Shirley Williams, biographer Mark Bostridge, and the producer, director and screenwriter of the new film. PM if interested, but only if really interested please! sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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