Tag: Edith Thompson
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2022 Review
Obligatory end of year post (coming tomorrow, Books I Read in 2022). It’s been a ride. I lost a friend when they moved away, but I’ve made several new ones. Started out the year by beginning my dissertation, submitted it in May, graduated in July and then kind of ground to a halt. Spent the…
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Memoir Musings: I’ve had a Good Day
Not necessarily in word terms, less than 500 so far, but I recieved some brilliant feedback on the piece I sent to my author friend, and having been reassurred that it is not insensitve and disrespectful, I’ve decided to share it here. It concerns the trial, and an interruption. Trial Freddy is called to the…
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Writerly Worries
I didn’t blog yesterday because, frankly, I had nothing to say and very little to report. I didn’t do nearly as well yesterday at chronicling the trial, but still managed to reach day 3 of 6. I’m far behind schedule but yesterday I did complete a task I’ve been putting off for weeks, so that’s…
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Memoir Musings
I wrote over 1000 words today (Friday, I need to stop writing this after midnight). I’m currently writing up the trial and I’ve reached day two of six. It is painstakingly detailed but I am trying to only include the most relevant bits. I’ve decided that every other day I’m going to share extracts from…
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Memoir Musings and Writerly Worries: Trying to Finish a Book in 8 Weeks
(As in, finish in 8 weeks, not write the whole thing). Today (yesterday, it’s 3am) I wrote zero words. I also did zero reading. This is how most of my days have been going recently. However, I did have a conversation with my local writing buddy about just how hard you need to work when…
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100 Years of Edith’s Letters: 11th July 1922
From now, I’m going to be posting about Edith’s letters on their centenary. All letters are written by Edith to Freddy unless otherwise noted. [Date: Tuesday 11th July 1922] Darlint Pal, I dont think Ive got anything to tell you just the ordinary things that happen every day & I somehow dont think you want me…
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Meet Freddy
It seems weird to introduce you to Freddy before officially introducing Edith but it also seemed a good time as it was his birthday the other day (when I started writing this post). Frederick Edward Francis ‘Freddy’ Bywaters was born on June 27th 1902, the second child and eldest son of Frederick Sam Bywaters (1878…
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A ‘Futureless Paradise’ Pt. 3: A Different Fate: Alternative Reality
A boy, the spit of Freddy when he was little, charging about the lawn of 41 Kensington Gardens with a football, Edith proudly sitting by in a lawn chair and calling out “Pass it to Uncle Percy!” Percy, not particularly inclined to sports, runs around after the child gently, and when passed the ball kicks…
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A ‘Futureless Paradise’ Pt. 2: A Reunion
It may be that, sometime in the future, Freddy is taken from Pentonville and laid to rest beside Edith. It may be that, as happened with Edith, one day in that London cemetery, people will gather to remember him and talk of him. They can’t forget what he did, but they can remember who he…
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A ‘Futureless Paradise’: Tales of Edith Thompson
*This is actually the first chunk of my dissertation, there are three, more to come* A Ghost in Shanklin Chapter 1 Betty Haunt Lane Won’t you tell me the story of Betty Haunt Lane? A young woman rests there whose love was her bane What else holds this Isle of the past’s refrain … I’ve…
The Hopeful Edwardian 