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Originally Posted by Merry
I was just reading about the 1934 libel case against Sun Life. I either didn't know, or had, forgotten that HWW used to live in a road I used to drive down every day, to and from work, in the late 1980s!!
Might any benefit come from electoral rolls/street directories for Bournemouth?
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Hello Merry - if I knew where to find them, it would be interesting to know whether he was living with John Arthur Dowsett - I never really worked out what happened to John
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Originally Posted by Nell
I think its the way he is staring so intently at the camera.
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Originally Posted by Merry
He looks like a 1930s film star - maybe not the lead, but the supporting role!
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I think the photo was taken around 1938 - the only written description I recall finding of him was by David Irving, who described him as "meek", "mild", "mouse-like", with gold rimmed-glasses (
http://www.fpp.co.uk/speeches/speech281092.html). This would have been around 1963.
Film star - LOL Merry
- I think he aspired to be a radio star
