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Two collections of Fairy Tales stand out in William Heath Robinson’s illustrative work. These are the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, which he illustrated three times, and those collected by Charles Perrault. The Perrault stories were translated from the French by his agent A E Johnson and published in 1921 under the title Old…
Two collections of Fairy Tales stand out in William Heath Robinson’s illustrative work. These are the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, which he illustrated three times, and those collected by Charles Perrault. The Perrault stories were translated from the French by his agent A E Johnson and published in 1921 under the title Old…
Two collections of Fairy Tales stand out in William Heath Robinson’s illustrative work. These are the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, which he illustrated three times, and those collected by Charles Perrault. The Perrault stories were translated from the French by his agent A E Johnson and published in 1921 under the title Old…
At our next talk is the story of a family of local builders. Stephen, Joseph, and Charles Woodbridge moved to Harrow and Pinner shortly after 1800 and were soon building small wooden cottages. Charles, in Pinner, became so successful that his son Jason acquired one of its grandest houses, Pinner House. Susan will talk…
Speaker - Simon Morgan Visitors are very welcome (suggested donation £3). Pinner Local History Society begins 2024 with an intriguing talk by Simon Morgan, ‘2000 years of Traffic Signs’. Simon chairs the Ruislip Local History Society and is chair of the BSI committee that is responsible for traffic signs. He was asked by the Department…
