Message from the Past

Comment by Simon Bisson

	From: sbisson	Date: July 3rd, 2003 12:46 am (UTC)		(Link)

She's trapped in there with

akicif's brother? Small LJ!

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	From: akicif	Date: July 3rd, 2003 12:59 am (UTC)		(Link)

Now, there's a coincidence. My brother Jeremy is also there, in the guise of a Naval officer, and having a whale of a time with the hawkin', ridin' and fencin'.

I understand that the young men started by trying to drink to appropriate Regency levels, but the ladies were having none of it.

But you've reminded me, I must write. Does anyone know of a PC font that would look like early 19^th Century handwriting?

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	From: dyfferent	Date: July 3rd, 2003 01:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

http://www.texashero.com/overview.html has some really nifty dip-pen fonts. Please to overlook the fact they are Americans; really penmanship knows no borders, does it?

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 3rd, 2003 01:25 am (UTC)		(Link)

Rosie is playing the chaperone to the younger ladies of the house and has promised to chaperone on or two of them in my direction when she comes out. She's certainly game for a laugh so I imagine she and Jeremy are getting on like a house on fire. As for the drinking, I'd be surprised if she hasn't had a discreet tipple or three herself...

As for fonts, I considered this detail too but settled for straightforward 'Calligraphy'. I'd send it to you but all my fonts are Mac.

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	From: sbisson	Date: July 3rd, 2003 01:28 am (UTC)		(Link)

Start photocopying pages from "Sorcery and Cecilia"...

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	From: flickgc	Date: July 3rd, 2003 05:26 am (UTC)		(Link)

As is

sushidog's sister...

Small world indeed!

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	From: daveon	Date: July 3rd, 2003 02:58 am (UTC)		(Link)

Tell us where, we'll camp at the wall and throw over hair products and food!

On a side note: Have you got your schedules for late July yet? I'm off to NYC on the 26th for my "trip" - curious to know if you'd be working.

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 3rd, 2003 03:07 am (UTC)		(Link)

Almost another coincidence... I'm actually heading to New York on the 25th, BA179, departs 6.35pm. Any chance you could bring your trip a day forward?

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 8th, 2003 09:02 am (UTC)		(Link)

Dave, could you remind me of your subsonic flight number, date, etc. I can't remember if you're going out on Concorde and back subsonic or if it's the other way round... Cheers.

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	From: alexmc	Date: July 3rd, 2003 03:07 am (UTC)		(Link)

I have a couple of books for Amy to go via you - I hope to see you at the Barley Mow

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 3rd, 2003 03:16 am (UTC)		(Link)

Great, I'll be there.

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	From: alexmc	Date: July 3rd, 2003 03:30 am (UTC)		(Link)

Freaky

A long white haired dog, talking to a long white haired cat

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 3rd, 2003 03:37 am (UTC)		(Link)

I was just thinking exactly the same thing!

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	From: the_gardener	Date: July 3rd, 2003 04:55 am (UTC)		(Link)

She and Jeremy and the others wouldn't be living in the house to be featured in Channel 4's No 57: The History of a House, starting this evening, would they? Otherwise it's an odd coincidence that this house should have had all its modern conveniences stripped out and replaced with Regency counterparts....

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 4th, 2003 12:32 am (UTC)		(Link)

All I know about the house is that it's in somewhere called Kentchurch. I didn't see 'No. 57' last night... was engaging in meaningful discussion of science fiction at the Tun... (ahem).

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	From: the_gardener	Date: July 4th, 2003 09:11 am (UTC)		(Link)

Kentchurch -- are you sure about that? The only place of that name I can find is in Herefordshire.

There's a possibility that it might be too small a hamlet to show up on a standard OS map, of course, but Google's only hit on the name concerns the same town. On the other hand, there's a village called Kelston north-west of Bath....

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	From: peteyoung	Date: July 4th, 2003 12:05 pm (UTC)		(Link)

In previous correspondence she said she had to go to Bath for all sorts of photo-shoots and to visit the house... perhaps Kentchurch is the name of the house...?

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