Simon Furnell Posted 1 December , 2006 Share Posted 1 December , 2006 Evening all. Long time no chat,but such is life,and kids,and work,and i hope you are all well. In my local town centre is an old bookshop,that has given me much joy over the years,and plenty of questions for you lot on this Forum,but i hadn't been in there for ages,until tonight. The lovely Mrs F told me to go and have a look in there tonight,and i am so glad she made me,because i came out with not only my Christmas present,but something that is really special. The first thing i noticed about this old book was the raggedy edges of the pages,whch showed it was not something new or reprinted. When i turned it around,and looked at the title on the spine,my eyes lit up and i felt a real excitement. After pushing this little book as far to the back of the shelf as i could,i went out of the front door,and my lovely wife saw the joy on my face at my find,before i had even told her what it was. When i told her the title(she knows me so well),she said do it,handed me the cash,and said Merry Christmas. I am now the proud owner of"Tales Of Talbot House,Everymans Club in Poperinghe & Ypres 1915-1918",by P.B.Clayton,MC,FSA,a second impression,dated October the 24th 1919. On the inside,second page,in pencil,the original owner has signed his name,G.F.Bates. On the 3rd page is a price,3/6,u/e,though i am not sure if this is what it cost new. Maybe it is a secondhand price from years ago. It is a joy to have,and added to my wedding present(which i will post questions on at a later date) is a marvellous addition to a collection,that will hopefully make up for my dodgy pension fund,though i would never sell any of it,unless you are a lottery winner. All the best,and chat to you all soon. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 2 December , 2006 Share Posted 2 December , 2006 Sounds like intresting reading. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 2 December , 2006 Share Posted 2 December , 2006 Simon - you sound so happy! Enjoy your find! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Furnell Posted 3 December , 2006 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2006 Hello Marina. Hope you are well. It is interesting reading,without a doubt,and a joy of a book,not only for its age but its content. The end of the book is great(i always read the end first.Old habit),and it lists the people on the Christmas card list of the Talbotousians,all 3,500 of them,whose cards have been returned as undelivered. Very interesting reading,the undelivered list,and covers officers and men from all over the world,including Canada and Australia and Preston. Photographs of a young Tubby,and a colour painting of the Chapel upstairs,dated 1917,on the title page,and loads of interesting info,and a foreword by the Earl of Cavan. Seems Mr Clayton was off to St Martins in the Field in January 1920. A wonderfull thing,Marina,and i am so glad i found it. Take care and chat to you soon. All the best. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 3 December , 2006 Share Posted 3 December , 2006 Is Talbot house still there ? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 3 December , 2006 Share Posted 3 December , 2006 Yes Dan, very much so. Seen some changes in recent years but it now has an excellent museum, and you can still wonder freely through the Old House. One of my favourite places in Flanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 3 December , 2006 Share Posted 3 December , 2006 Sounds like a great find. You can alwys share a tale or two... Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 21 December , 2006 Share Posted 21 December , 2006 I'm really going to have to read this one. I obtained a copy (the 1934 revised edition) , with a box-load of other old war related books, from a house clearance many, many years ago and, for some reason have never got round to reading it. I think I'm going to have to rectify that matter during my first full Christmas break for 10 years!!! Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 24 December , 2006 Share Posted 24 December , 2006 What a fine tale. It's finds like that that you treasure and relish. Well done Mrs F. Take him shopping more often! I was browsing a year of two back in one of the bookshops in Stamford. We had been over to browse the shops and to see a couple of friends who deal in books (yes - WW1 and War Poetry). Browsing through the Military and poetry, sound in the knowledge that our friends were regular customers and therefore would have left little behind, I found a slender volume, an anthology of WW2 poetry edited by Colin Strong. It was quite inexpensive and had sat there, so I was told at the counter, for a year or two. I had to have it and it is a cherished item - albeit on a war I tend not to dwell upon. The poems are worth reading and well chosen but it is the inscription that caught my eye, from the anthology editor to "Tubby" and had a bookmark from "All Hallows" which was Tubby Clayton's church back in London after the war. Over coffee and a sandwich with our friends later in the day they were fascinated by the little volume and bemused at having passed it over many times without a second look. I shall cherish it and, in time, it will probably find it's way to Flanders and to Tubby's WW1 home in Poperinghe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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