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.
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