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Mr Pollock’s Theatres

"Penny plain and twopence coloured...." A phrase familiar to generations of pre-TV children that describes the toy theatres of Benjamin Pollock, a printer from Hoxton in London. Simon Callow explores the magic world of the cardboard actor, which tells us so much about the real theatre of the 19th century. Producer: Merilyn Harris First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2003.   https://1drv.ms/u/s!ArrWZcg2lV80mgmRYF_wW90dGyS4?e=OscDAb   If you would like to visit the website for Pollock’s; the…

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Just William… and Richmal

Somewhere in a small English village, a boy with unkempt hair and dirty knees, falling-down socks and wild hair, is righting wrongs and causing havoc - and is forever 11. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication in May 1922 of the first collection of Just William stories by Richmal Crompton. Over the next 50 years Crompton published 37 more books, in which the world changed but William Brown never did. Often thought of as children’s books, the Just William stories were…

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