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Dear Michael This is good news. Alas poor Wodehouse, I knew him Horatio, a man of infinite jest... Did you receive my letter? Best wishes, Sharad >From: "m.jefferson" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "m.jefferson" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: A plaque for RK >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:43:24 +0100 > >Members might be interested in an article published in this evening's >Portsmouth News: >English Heritage set up a panel of local historians and 'enthusiasts' >headed by TV presenter Lloyd Grossman two years ago, to choose from a group >of 23worthies with local connections who should merit a commemorative >plaque. >I quote a part of the result: >'Peter Sellers tops the list alongside literary great Rudyard >Kipling.......' > >A plaque is planned to be placed on the wall of Lorne Lodge, 5 Campbell >Road,Southsea, despite (as the News puts it) 'He wrote scathingly of his >time in Portsmouth'. >RK will also share the list of seven that are deemed worthy of this type of >commemoration with, inter alios, two V.Cs and Fred Jane , the founder of >'Jane's Fighting Ships' and a publishing empire. >Comments are invited by Daniel Bardsley at The News: >[log in to unmask] >It might be also interesting to note who was left out: >Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and H.G.Wells (their homes were flattened in the >Blitz). Lord Callaghan, Neville Shute, P.G.Wodehouse, yachtsman Sir Alec >Rose and William Thackerary. > >Michael Jefferson _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp