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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 19 Aug 2013 07:28

Dismissive!??

How many books did the teacher have published?

That's not a very nice thing to say.

She's probably jealous :-(

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 18 Aug 2013 19:42

:-D :-D :-D

Teacher's books must be excellent then if her pupil was doing ok as an author ;-)

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Sheila

Sheila Report 18 Aug 2013 19:29

The lady was quite dismissive of her former pupil. I said that the books were quite light and she replied "I am not surprised"

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 18 Aug 2013 18:37

Thanks Jemima. Have never read any of her books myself (being almost illegitimate :-)). But perhaps I will now. I note she was originally from Hopkinstown, where Cwm Rhondda saw its birth (see Christian thread)

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Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 18 Aug 2013 17:47

Elaine Morgan also wrote for television. She adapted the 1975 version of How Green Was My Valley for television. Also- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1881) among others.

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 18 Aug 2013 17:00

One of my customers was an elderly lady who was very pleasant and quiet and extremely intelligent. She died last month aged 92. Spotted her photo in local paper with a write-up. She was an author. Elaine Morgan.

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Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 18 Aug 2013 16:40

That was real coincidence. I expect the lady was thrilled that she had taught somebody who was a successful author. :-)

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Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

Sheila

Sheila Report 18 Aug 2013 15:41

I was looking at a book in my local supermarket yesterday when a lady asked me if I had read any of the author's books When I replied that I had she said "I taught her several years ago".
I was really surprised.

Sheila