esley Dowding, 58, collects stories, all sorts of stories from all sorts of places. Lesley is a storyteller. She writes a lot of her own stories and other storytellers pass on their stories.
"Just like ancient people. If you hear a story that someone tells you, say from Ireland, and you really like that story and think, wow, I could tell that, you ask permission. Can I tell that story?"
She doesn't read them out. Neither does she learn whole stories by heart. Instead, she learns the skeleton of the story.
"There are things you don't want to lose, so you might learn a phrase by heart."
And then the more she tells it, the more it changes. And it changes to fit the audience. Lesley doesn't just sit down and relate the story to her audience, she performs it for them.
"I get involved in the story, so I'm actually in the story. When I'm telling the story, I can see a picture of everything I say. It's like little videos going on in my head."
She goes to libraries, schools, anywhere she is invited, to weave her tales in such a way that she brings the imagination out in the audience through her words.
And fostering children's imaginations is one of the things she likes about storytelling.
"We live in a visual world, where children's imagination is almost stifled. Because, if you think about it, every picture, image, that a child gets is actually someone else's image. It's not theirs. But, if you give them words without the image, they have to start to put their own picture to it."
And she doesn't just tell stories to children.
She has written a fairy tale for adults called When Apples Were Golden, which takes an hour to tell. "That's quite tiring and you have to make sure you have your audience with you the whole way."
If Lesley was telling her own story, she would start by putting on the appropriate hat.
Then she would begin: "The trees were blowing, the leaves captured the dappled light of the sunshine, which cast shadows over the baby's face ..."
That's because she can remember lying in her pram looking up at the leaves. It was post-war London and her mother looked after a number of foster children, so the pram was probably a good place for her to put Lesley for periods of time, she says.
Lesley was born in southeast London, when London was still a bomb site, and was brought up listening to stories. Her mother always insisted she listen to story time on the radio. There was no TV. Even now Lesley prefers the radio to TV.
In London, Lesley went to the first comprehensive school. Before that, there was either a grammer school, which was the pathway to university and students had to pass an exam to get into, or, for the less academic, a secondary school. Lesley's school, Catford County Girls' School, was the first to combine both types of students.
The government put a lot of money into the school to ensure it worked, so it had the best of everything. It had a theatre and became well known for its drama.
"I did drama all the time. I didn't do any acting. I hated acting. I was a very shy person ... probably can't say that now."
Lesley wanted to be a stage lighting technician, so worked on all the drama productions at her school. She had a lot of opportunities because of the school's drama syllabus and when she left, she had all the relevant O and A levels necessary for the position. But when she applied for a job at the BBC, there was an unexpected problem: Lesley was a girl. It was 1968 and the BBC couldn't insure women to climb scaffolding. She could have got a job in the industry as a secretary, but she wasn't interested.
So she went to Nottingham University, in Lincoln, to study to teach drama. The course was another first. Prospective drama teachers had previously studied English and did a bit of drama on the side.
When she was a student, Lesley saw a job at the art school for an off loom weaver. Having no idea what that was, but needing the cash, she went to the library and looked it up. She found about two paragraphs on off loom weaving, figured out what it was, went home and made one. She got the job.
Off loom weaving is making pictures in wool. It uses Turkish knots and different textures to get different effects. "You always leave one loose thread, so the spirit of the weaver will go into the next weaving."
Lesley made one weaving, picturing New Zealand bush, that she gave to friends who have taken it to Antartica four times.
"It was so they had the New Zealand bush with them."
Lesley moved to New Zealand in 1975. She had been boarding with a family who had been to New Zealand and who often had visitors from New Zealand. Then Lesley got married to a man who was keen to come to New Zealand and farm. The couple came to Taranaki because they had met people from here. They have since separated, but have two daughters, Emily, a solicitor in Wellington, and Naomi, who works in banking in London.
When Lesley first came to Taranaki, she taught history, English and religious education at a high school. Drama was not on the syllabus. In England, history and theology had been compulsory, but here, theology was not on the syllabus, either.
Lesley is a lay minster for the Anglican church and takes services once a month in Okato and Oakura.
Her first job in New Zealand was teaching history at St Mary's Diocesan School, an Anglican secondary school in Stratford. Now she teaches at St John Bosco School, a Catholic primary school in New Plymouth.
"It's all the same God. I like sharing. I like seeing them grow. It's a great privilege being a teacher."
Lesley has taught at nearly every secondary school around the coast and finally got to teach drama when she was at Opunake High School.
"I wrote two courses for them, so we were able to offer students pure drama for fourth form and sixth form. It was really great to be able to do some really indepth training and a lot of those students went on to do performing arts and very successfully, actually."
She got into storytelling when she was taking extramural papers to enable her to teach primary school. One assignment required her to write a story, which the tutor then suggested Lesley send in to the School Journal. The story was published and later put on to CD. Someone from the journal put Lesley on to storytelling and she went to a storytelling festival, Glistening Waters, in Masterton. That was about 20 years ago.
The difference between reading a story and telling a story is the sound and rhythm of the words, she says.
Lesley has written a children's book called Midnight at the Lighthouse, which is written as a storytelling book. A linguist at the University of Waikato critiqued it for her.
He told her that when he read it aloud to his daughter, he felt like a storyteller for the first time, she says.
"Because it has a rhythm, which is different to when are you reading a book ... when I wrote that, I was really keen to keep the sound of the voice as much as the sentence structure.
"The book was edited to make sure it has a rhythm, so when you are reading it out loud, you feel you've got a rhythm to the words and you can put your own mood to the words."
Lesley's storytelling name is Lesley 2 Hatts. She actually has more than two and numerous costumes.
For Christmas, Lesley got a little striped tent designed for changing clothes at the beach. It is tall and narrow and Lesley plans to have it on stage with her and use it to change costumes in during a performance. She keeps talking while she's changing to ensure she doesn't lose the audience.
Sometimes, Lesley will put the hats in a circle in front of her and ask the children to pick a hat. "I wonder if there is a story in here. If I put it on, a story might pop out."
She goes overseas to tell her stories, but doesn't take many of her hats with her.
"The last one I took, I couldn't bring it back because it had a feather in it and it had to go into quarantine.
"My partner [Robert] paid a lot to get it out."
Lesley plans to get a big Lesley 2 Hatts sticker that she can put on and peel off her car, Miss Morrie, a 1950 Morris Minor, that goes "like a bomb".
Lesley loves vintage cars and has done since she was little. She has model cars given to her by her father dotted around her lounge.
"I would love a Model T, but can only afford a Morrie Minor."
Lesley's story isn't finished, so it doesn't have an end as such. She would wind it all up by saying: "Now is the night warm sleep to dream, dream to sleep."
By HELEN HARVEY helen.harvey@tnl.co.nz - Taranaki Daily News | Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Winnie-the-Pooh in comeback after 83 years
Reuters | Saturday, 10 January 2009
HONEY LOVER: Winnie-the-Pooh is making a comeback.
The first official sequel to the original Winnie-the-Pooh books will appear in October, more than 80 years after the honey-loving bear first appeared in print.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is the follow up to AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner, which were famously illustrated by EH Shepard.
The new book, published by Egmont Publishing in Britain and Pengiun imprint Dutton Children's Books in the United States, will be written by David Benedictus, who produced an audio adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh starring actress Judi Dench.
Mark Burgess, who has already drawn classic children's characters including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh, is to provide the illustrations.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood will hit shelves on October 5.
HONEY LOVER: Winnie-the-Pooh is making a comeback.
The first official sequel to the original Winnie-the-Pooh books will appear in October, more than 80 years after the honey-loving bear first appeared in print.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is the follow up to AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner, which were famously illustrated by EH Shepard.
The new book, published by Egmont Publishing in Britain and Pengiun imprint Dutton Children's Books in the United States, will be written by David Benedictus, who produced an audio adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh starring actress Judi Dench.
Mark Burgess, who has already drawn classic children's characters including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh, is to provide the illustrations.
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood will hit shelves on October 5.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
True resting place for war veteran
By NEIL DUDDY - Western Leader | Saturday, 20 December 2008
He was a colourful and well-travelled character who ended up forgotten in an unmarked grave – until now.
American Civil War veteran and diplomat Andrews Andrew St John has finally been acknowledged 106 years after his death.
A headstone was unveiled on his grave at Waikumete Cemetery this month during a service attended by dignitaries from the United States consulate.
Mr St John’s story came to light after investigations by Glendene historical researcher Audrey Lange.
She discovered the unmarked grave last year and began to look into its background.
Her digging unearthed a colourful story.
Mr St John was born in 1835 in Connecticut and was a dentist by profession.
He was 27 when he joined the 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment that fought on the union side during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Mr St John was involved in several major incidents during the conflict, including the second Battle of Bull Run and the defence of Washington.
He returned to a dental practice in New York after the war before being appointed to a diplomatic post in Fiji in 1886.
A further stint as American Consul to Indonesia followed in 1893, and he then spent a short period in Australia before shifting to Auckland and retirement in 1894 with his wife and two children.
He died in 1902 and was buried at Waikumete. The remaining family later returned to the United States.
The new headstone on Mr St John’s grave has been provided by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.
Ms Lange says it was a special moment to see it unveiled.
"It has taken almost a year from my spotting the grave to this dedication ceremony. It’s great because Mr St John’s family members in America now have closure because they believed he had died somewhere in Fiji."
Mr St John is survived by one granddaughter, Winifred Mont-Eton, now aged 97 and living in California.
There are also several great-grandchildren and their families.
Great-granddaughter Lorry Wagner says the installation of the headstone came as wonderful news.
"I have tears in my eyes and goose bumps all over, and my mom Winifred is speechless and crying too. It’s just overwhelming and I cannot express our thanks and appreciation enough."
American Consul General John Desrocher says the ceremony and headstone were a fitting tribute.
"We are absolutely thrilled and happy to be able to honour one of our own in this way. Diplomats like Mr St John made great sacrifices for their country for very little reward, so we are very grateful to Ms Lange for bringing his story to light so that we can honour him correctly."
He was a colourful and well-travelled character who ended up forgotten in an unmarked grave – until now.
American Civil War veteran and diplomat Andrews Andrew St John has finally been acknowledged 106 years after his death.
A headstone was unveiled on his grave at Waikumete Cemetery this month during a service attended by dignitaries from the United States consulate.
Mr St John’s story came to light after investigations by Glendene historical researcher Audrey Lange.
She discovered the unmarked grave last year and began to look into its background.
Her digging unearthed a colourful story.
Mr St John was born in 1835 in Connecticut and was a dentist by profession.
He was 27 when he joined the 141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment that fought on the union side during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Mr St John was involved in several major incidents during the conflict, including the second Battle of Bull Run and the defence of Washington.
He returned to a dental practice in New York after the war before being appointed to a diplomatic post in Fiji in 1886.
A further stint as American Consul to Indonesia followed in 1893, and he then spent a short period in Australia before shifting to Auckland and retirement in 1894 with his wife and two children.
He died in 1902 and was buried at Waikumete. The remaining family later returned to the United States.
The new headstone on Mr St John’s grave has been provided by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.
Ms Lange says it was a special moment to see it unveiled.
"It has taken almost a year from my spotting the grave to this dedication ceremony. It’s great because Mr St John’s family members in America now have closure because they believed he had died somewhere in Fiji."
Mr St John is survived by one granddaughter, Winifred Mont-Eton, now aged 97 and living in California.
There are also several great-grandchildren and their families.
Great-granddaughter Lorry Wagner says the installation of the headstone came as wonderful news.
"I have tears in my eyes and goose bumps all over, and my mom Winifred is speechless and crying too. It’s just overwhelming and I cannot express our thanks and appreciation enough."
American Consul General John Desrocher says the ceremony and headstone were a fitting tribute.
"We are absolutely thrilled and happy to be able to honour one of our own in this way. Diplomats like Mr St John made great sacrifices for their country for very little reward, so we are very grateful to Ms Lange for bringing his story to light so that we can honour him correctly."
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Saturday, February 09, 2008
UK village wants to bring back the donkey
Reuters | Friday, 08 February 2008
What does one do when modern transport just can't get the shopping to the front door?
The central English village of Chalford has decided to take a page from its past by employing donkeys to haul groceries to homes atop a slope so steep that cars can't get to them.
"There's about 30 houses that don't have car access so everyone who lives there has this long, winding, torturous path to climb," resident Anna Usborne said describing the 100m hill.
Usborne is now raising money to buy village donkeys, plans to keep them on her land and to organise volunteers who will guide them up the hill when locals have heavy loads to carry.
Older residents may find the sight conjures up distant memories of the past when donkeys delivering coal and provisions to remote hillside cottages were a common sight.
"They were very much a part of village life," said Usborne of Chalford's donkey past.
"It's touching a note with people, bringing back traditions of the past."
The village has already purchased special panniers in anticipation of the arrival of the donkeys.
Usborne said she needed to raise enough money to buy two donkeys – as one would get lonely – and says they can cost up to stg600 ($NZ1521) each.
The hills in the local area, known as the Cotswolds, may literally be a pain in the back for some Chalford villagers, but for others they are a thrill.
The Cotswolds is also home to the centuries-old annual cheese-rolling contest in which competitors hurl themselves at great speed down a hill in hot pursuit of a wheel of Double Gloucester.
What does one do when modern transport just can't get the shopping to the front door?
The central English village of Chalford has decided to take a page from its past by employing donkeys to haul groceries to homes atop a slope so steep that cars can't get to them.
"There's about 30 houses that don't have car access so everyone who lives there has this long, winding, torturous path to climb," resident Anna Usborne said describing the 100m hill.
Usborne is now raising money to buy village donkeys, plans to keep them on her land and to organise volunteers who will guide them up the hill when locals have heavy loads to carry.
Older residents may find the sight conjures up distant memories of the past when donkeys delivering coal and provisions to remote hillside cottages were a common sight.
"They were very much a part of village life," said Usborne of Chalford's donkey past.
"It's touching a note with people, bringing back traditions of the past."
The village has already purchased special panniers in anticipation of the arrival of the donkeys.
Usborne said she needed to raise enough money to buy two donkeys – as one would get lonely – and says they can cost up to stg600 ($NZ1521) each.
The hills in the local area, known as the Cotswolds, may literally be a pain in the back for some Chalford villagers, but for others they are a thrill.
The Cotswolds is also home to the centuries-old annual cheese-rolling contest in which competitors hurl themselves at great speed down a hill in hot pursuit of a wheel of Double Gloucester.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
After art deco, here comes Victoriana
5:00AM Wednesday January 09, 2008
Gisborne's historic Albert Buildings could be restored to equal the charm of Napier's Daily Telegraph building. Photo / Herald on Sunday
Gisborne has the chance to brand itself the "Victorian City" because of last month's earthquake, says Mayor Meng Foon.
Some buildings are going to need to be replaced and he wants Gisborne to "do a Napier" and try to bring some good out of misfortune.
"I know it has been a disaster for some people, particularly those in homes, and commercial buildings and offices have been affected, but there is always good that comes out of it.
"There is a great opportunity for our commercial sector to take advantage of this, especially with the buildings that have been built with contemporary-type materials like aluminium and tin facades.
"We have some precious architecture of which about 70 to 80 per cent is actually Victorian.
"It would be a shame for those buildings to be put back into their tin-shed profiles."
Mr Foon has spoken to some of the landowners whose buildings suffered substantial damage and has encouraged them to rebuild in the profile of a Victorian-style building.
This did not need to be expensive as they could use modern materials that looked like Victorian buildings, he said.
Mr Foon has written to all the city's architects who would have an influence in the design of the buildings to encourage their clients to build in this profile.
"This would give us a unique place both in New Zealand and in the world as one of the cities that feature a distinct and special type architecture," he said.
"It would give us the ability to attract events and tourism."
He believes the city should follow the example of Napier, which rebuilt itself as the art deco capital of the world after the devastating earthquake in 1931.
"So I hope that the building owners will be persuaded to build in the Victorian form.
"They would not only be contributing to the value of their building but also to the values of our community," he said.
Mr Foon has had a very positive response from the landowners he has approached.
He has also received advice from architects, who have suggested making the new buildings environmentally sustainable by using appropriate building materials that would keep them cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and use natural light to reduce energy consumption as well as solar energy.
Mr Foon said he appreciated those suggestions because they could be incorporated into the urban development strategy the council was preparing.
Commercial buildings would be a key focus of that.
- NZPA
Gisborne's historic Albert Buildings could be restored to equal the charm of Napier's Daily Telegraph building. Photo / Herald on Sunday
Gisborne has the chance to brand itself the "Victorian City" because of last month's earthquake, says Mayor Meng Foon.
Some buildings are going to need to be replaced and he wants Gisborne to "do a Napier" and try to bring some good out of misfortune.
"I know it has been a disaster for some people, particularly those in homes, and commercial buildings and offices have been affected, but there is always good that comes out of it.
"There is a great opportunity for our commercial sector to take advantage of this, especially with the buildings that have been built with contemporary-type materials like aluminium and tin facades.
"We have some precious architecture of which about 70 to 80 per cent is actually Victorian.
"It would be a shame for those buildings to be put back into their tin-shed profiles."
Mr Foon has spoken to some of the landowners whose buildings suffered substantial damage and has encouraged them to rebuild in the profile of a Victorian-style building.
This did not need to be expensive as they could use modern materials that looked like Victorian buildings, he said.
Mr Foon has written to all the city's architects who would have an influence in the design of the buildings to encourage their clients to build in this profile.
"This would give us a unique place both in New Zealand and in the world as one of the cities that feature a distinct and special type architecture," he said.
"It would give us the ability to attract events and tourism."
He believes the city should follow the example of Napier, which rebuilt itself as the art deco capital of the world after the devastating earthquake in 1931.
"So I hope that the building owners will be persuaded to build in the Victorian form.
"They would not only be contributing to the value of their building but also to the values of our community," he said.
Mr Foon has had a very positive response from the landowners he has approached.
He has also received advice from architects, who have suggested making the new buildings environmentally sustainable by using appropriate building materials that would keep them cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and use natural light to reduce energy consumption as well as solar energy.
Mr Foon said he appreciated those suggestions because they could be incorporated into the urban development strategy the council was preparing.
Commercial buildings would be a key focus of that.
- NZPA
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Online cemetery faces grave problem
Western Leader | Saturday, 12 January 2008
Cemetery records at Waikumete may soon be available online.
Burial and cremation details for the rest of Auckland’s large cemeteries can already be viewed on the internet.
But a few problems are holding Waikumete back.
"Some families don’t want dead members’ records online," cemetery manager Daniel Sales says.
"It’s become a very sensitive issue."
More than 70,000 people are buried at Waikumete, one of the biggest cemeteries in the southern hemisphere that has about 5000 visitors a year.
"Many people come looking for information about their geneaology," Mr Sales says.
"And many people are interested in viewing inscriptions on tombstones."
He says a number of people oppose having the records online for various reasons – a black sheep in the family, a tragedy or a murder.
Mr Sales is concerned the matter could become a legal issue for the cemetery.
He says staff are meeting next week to find a solution before proceeding.
The cemetery is able to release information such as names, dates of death, and plot details but not addresses or occupations.
Cemetery records at Waikumete may soon be available online.
Burial and cremation details for the rest of Auckland’s large cemeteries can already be viewed on the internet.
But a few problems are holding Waikumete back.
"Some families don’t want dead members’ records online," cemetery manager Daniel Sales says.
"It’s become a very sensitive issue."
More than 70,000 people are buried at Waikumete, one of the biggest cemeteries in the southern hemisphere that has about 5000 visitors a year.
"Many people come looking for information about their geneaology," Mr Sales says.
"And many people are interested in viewing inscriptions on tombstones."
He says a number of people oppose having the records online for various reasons – a black sheep in the family, a tragedy or a murder.
Mr Sales is concerned the matter could become a legal issue for the cemetery.
He says staff are meeting next week to find a solution before proceeding.
The cemetery is able to release information such as names, dates of death, and plot details but not addresses or occupations.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Thousands follow soldier's fate in WW1 'blog'
5:00AM Tuesday January 08, 2008
Thousands of people have been following the fate of a British soldier fighting in the trenches of World War 1 on a website publishing his letters home exactly 90 years after they were written.
Like William Henry Bonser ("Harry") Lamin's real family almost a century ago, the modern reader visiting www.wwar1.blogspot.com does not know when the next letter is coming, or whether the one they are reading is in fact his last.
Many are braced for the dreaded telegram from the army notifying relatives of a soldier's death.
"There are a lot of people saying how keen they are to follow him and are rooting for Harry," said Bill Lamin, the 59-year-old IT teacher who found his grandfather's letters when he was a boy and decided to turn them into a blog.
"They get hooked as if it is happening now. People are rooting for a guy who is in the thick of it," he told Reuters.
The most recent entries from Harry, who served with the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment, were on December 30, 1917, after he had moved from the battlefields of northern Europe to Italy.
He thanks his brother, Jack, for the box of biscuits he sent and wishes his sister Kate a happy Christmas and New Year.
Many of the letters are mundane and focus on his wife and child in England, but some offer a glimpse of the horrors of trench warfare that young men faced.
"We have had another terrible time this week," Harry wrote on June 11, 1917, when describing his part in the Battle of Messines Ridge.
"The men here say it was worst (sic) than the Somme advance last July. We lost a lot of men but we got where we were asked to take. It was awful I am alright got buried and knocked about but quite well now and hope to remain so.
"It is a rum job waiting for the time to come to go over the top without any rum too. The CO got killed and our captain, marvellous how we escaped."
In another entry from October the same year, details of British casualties are pencilled out, possibly by army censors seeking to maintain morale back home.
Lamin said the daily number of visitors to his site reached around 20,000 last week after several media reports appeared, although the daily total was normally lower.
"World War 1 has always been fascinating for people, the horrors of it," he said.
Dozens of people have written to the site to comment on Harry's experiences, including many from the United States.
One anonymous contributor wrote: "As a boy I was taught that war was glorious, I now know that it is exactly the opposite and will teach my children the same."
Lamin refused to give any clues as to Harry's fate, listing only his birth date as 1887.
- REUTERS
5:00AM Tuesday January 08, 2008
Thousands of people have been following the fate of a British soldier fighting in the trenches of World War 1 on a website publishing his letters home exactly 90 years after they were written.
Like William Henry Bonser ("Harry") Lamin's real family almost a century ago, the modern reader visiting www.wwar1.blogspot.com does not know when the next letter is coming, or whether the one they are reading is in fact his last.
Many are braced for the dreaded telegram from the army notifying relatives of a soldier's death.
"There are a lot of people saying how keen they are to follow him and are rooting for Harry," said Bill Lamin, the 59-year-old IT teacher who found his grandfather's letters when he was a boy and decided to turn them into a blog.
"They get hooked as if it is happening now. People are rooting for a guy who is in the thick of it," he told Reuters.
The most recent entries from Harry, who served with the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment, were on December 30, 1917, after he had moved from the battlefields of northern Europe to Italy.
He thanks his brother, Jack, for the box of biscuits he sent and wishes his sister Kate a happy Christmas and New Year.
Many of the letters are mundane and focus on his wife and child in England, but some offer a glimpse of the horrors of trench warfare that young men faced.
"We have had another terrible time this week," Harry wrote on June 11, 1917, when describing his part in the Battle of Messines Ridge.
"The men here say it was worst (sic) than the Somme advance last July. We lost a lot of men but we got where we were asked to take. It was awful I am alright got buried and knocked about but quite well now and hope to remain so.
"It is a rum job waiting for the time to come to go over the top without any rum too. The CO got killed and our captain, marvellous how we escaped."
In another entry from October the same year, details of British casualties are pencilled out, possibly by army censors seeking to maintain morale back home.
Lamin said the daily number of visitors to his site reached around 20,000 last week after several media reports appeared, although the daily total was normally lower.
"World War 1 has always been fascinating for people, the horrors of it," he said.
Dozens of people have written to the site to comment on Harry's experiences, including many from the United States.
One anonymous contributor wrote: "As a boy I was taught that war was glorious, I now know that it is exactly the opposite and will teach my children the same."
Lamin refused to give any clues as to Harry's fate, listing only his birth date as 1887.
- REUTERS
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