Here's a brief history of the story Victorian Hangover.
A stack of 220 pages of type written pages has been in my sister Judith's possession for 20 odd years. Judith was bequeathed the manuscript from our Aunt. Judith took the precaution of photocopying it, and giving me a copy for safe keeping.
Armed with scanner, optical character recognition software, and some patience, here it is on the web.
The text is almost a 100% verbatim copy from the paper manuscript. A couple of sentences have been punctuated - that is all.
Any annotations and instructions have been incorporated as directed.
I have not attempted to reorganise the text. (Aunt Frances would have loved to have used the editing power available today!)
Well...
| Forward | Aunt Frances' forward. |
| 1 | Mother, Foley, Missionaries |
| 2 | Mother, Brothers |
| 3 | Life in West Ealing, Pevensey |
| 4 | Forest of Dean |
| 5 | Forest of Dean customs, May |
| 6 | Forest of Dean characters and cats |
| 7 | Forest of Dean stories and customs |
| 8 | de Brissac connection. Emma Evans, Sir Arthur Evans, Sir John Evans. Father's dreams |
| 9 | Market Bosworth stories. Johnny and Tommy Dickinson |
| 10 | Cats |
| 11 | School, Christian life |
| 12 | War. Refugees |
| 13 | Auntie Dick, Uncle Wynnard. Armistice Day |
| 14 | Madeira. Phelps. Aunt Janey's Orphanage |
| 15 | Aunt Janey's Orphanage - class distinctions. |
| 16 | Aunt Janey's Orphanage - staff. |
| 17 | Flu, Missionary preparation, Liberty |
Errors? Let me know!