The hardback of this first & authorised biography received very good reviews & immediately reprinted. It tells the story of one of the heroines of post-war British comedy on radio film & TV. Hattie Jacques is known as the billowing imposing Matron in the Carry On films as the star of such BBC radio classics as ITMA Educating Archie & Hancocks Half Hour & as the fictional sister of Eric Sykes in his long-running TV sitcom. But the formidable frumpy galleon-in-full-sail screen persona could not have been more at odds with the real-life woman as this biography reveals for the first time. She had a tempestuous wartime affair with an American officer & then a strange marriage to the actor John le Mesurier (Corporal Wilson in Dads Army) whose dissatisfactions she circumnavigated by moving her lover a flashy Cockney car dealer into the matrimonial home. But as well as being warm & sexy & generous she was also owing to her lifelong struggle with her weight needy & melancholic & rueful that her size persistently typecast her & excluded her from many roles. This biography has been written with full co-operation from Hatties son & show business friends like Barbara Windsor Clive Dunn Galton & Simpson & Ian Carmichael. ...

Hattie Weatheralls heart leapt when she first saw Abbots Mill & with her dog & an assortment of wild fowl for company she sets about renovating the mill. Sarah Farley feels a pang of envy for Hatties freedom. For over twenty years Sarah has tolerated her husbands infidelities
- & her love for him is about to be tested again... As Hattie settles into life at the mill she befriends two young boatmen. Toby is recovering from a broken marriage & when he has a another chance at happiness Hattie is glad welcome his new family into the fold. Josss problems are not so easily solved but when he turns to Hattie for help the motherly love that blossoms in her heart enables them both to heal old wounds...
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An hilarious & often wise collection of Scots saying straight from the mouths of the Grannies of Glasgow. With each snippet accompanied by a straightforward English translation this is your introduction to the unique wisdom of the Glesca Granny. ...

Eve Levine
- half-demon black witch & devoted mother
- has been dead for three years. She has a great house an interesting love

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Three nights of terror at the house called Edbrook
- three nights in which David Ash there to investigate a haunting will be victim
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For the first time the UK's number one TV psychic shares some of his most personal stories & terrifying encounters with the spirit world & what it's really like to be 'possessed'. The star of LIVINGtv's ' Most Haunted' & ' Ghost Towns' goes on a new journey that will chill you to the bone. Derek takes us with him into the darkest places of the spirit world where he confronts people taken over by demonic entities the spirits of ancient Egyptians whose malevolent presence reaches beyond the tomb those evil ghosts with unfinished business who are terrorising the living & the dead who are determined to come back from the other side & take Derek with them if they can! If you thought you'd already seen Derek's most terrifying battles with the dark side -- think again. ...

The Queen & her Maids of Honour are spending the summer at a noblemans estate where a new manor house is being built. But the work has to stop when a mysterious spook appears. Could the ghost of a murdered Earl be haunting the site of his death? Grace begins to investigate & finds that there are many rumours about the ghost
- & uncovering the truth could be dangerous.
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After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity & trying to forget the boy she fell in love with by the bridge where her best friend drowned
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From the well-known to the never-before published Haunted Barnsley documents a vast array of hauntings spectres & ghost folklore from all over Barnsley & the surrounding area. The authors have personally investigated many of the haunted locations featured in the book & share their first-hand experiences alongside the histories & myths. Including haunted local landmarks such as the Mill of Black Monks & the Monk Bretton Priory & detailing the stories behind legendary spectres such as Jack in Irons this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Barnsley's ghosts. ...

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions & manifestations to eerie encounters with phantoms & spirits this collection of stories reveals Bedford's darker side. Drawing on historical & contemporary sources Haunted Bedford examines some of the lively characters that are said to haunt the town including the ghost of famous author John Bunyan & Black Tom the highwayman who was executed here. Including original research on haunted sites one of which has only ever been investigated by the author this book is sure to fascinate everyone interested in the supernatural history of the area. ...