Tag: frederick bywaters
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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 