I have taken happiness wherever I have been, and helped others as much as I could and have enjoyed it very much indeed. Marple Congregational School Rose Queen (Miss Elsie Harrison) with her retinue after being crowned by Dowager Queen (Miss D. Vernon). From Marple Local History Society Archives. The 11th story is The Mystery of the Acid Soil by Kate Mosse, narrated by Celia Imrie. I loved both the story and the narration. No doubt both she, and my grandfather would have spent a great deal of time at The Albert Schools being part of the many activities that went on there as part of the life of the Congregational Church community.

This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.Per usual, I am going to rate each story individually so you all can see how I got to my group rating for the collection. Although I shall not be your Rose Queen again I shall still do these little duties and prove myself worthy of being your Rose Queen. I hope Elsie will have as happy a time as I have had." MY THOUGHTS: I love Miss Marple and largely enjoyed this collection of short stories involving my favourite knitting sleuth penned by both some of my favourite authors and some that were new to me. Evil in Small Places by Lucy Foley - Foley is a masterclass in herself, as one of Britain's most recognizable historians and a talented writer in her own right. This was obviously a perfectly characterized rendition of Marple. I don't think it brought anything inventive to the table, but it definitely captured Marple's core the best. However, by the close he simply rubber stamped his opinion with; ‘Let’s face it - there have been tiny clips - perhaps three? But in the face of such musicality, who cares? Thanks, really.’

Elsie's coronation gown was of uncrushable satin with a lace collar, and the red velvet train was completed with an ermine collar. She carried a bouquet of red roses.

Myth

The Albert Schools hosted a multitude of events and activities, and a very large part of mine and my brothers’ childhoods were spent there. Aside from Sunday school every week, and coffee mornings as above, I remember jumble sales in the big hall upstairs, which involved setting up all the trestle tables and piling bags and boxes of unwanted clothes and other goods onto them the evening before the sale. At the appointed hour on Saturday morning, the main doors of the hall at the top of the stairs were opened, 6d was paid to enter the room, and let the chaos begin! Many a bargain was to be had for 2d, 3d or 6d! Recycling would seem to be nothing new.

Miss Marple was first introduced to readers in a story Agatha Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930’s The Murder at the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie’s last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains the most famous fictional female detective of all time. There I told the band that I felt they had no better chance of winning the Open than on this piece. I thought I would get a few wry smiles in return for my morale boosting speech, but I just got nods of knowing determination instead.” The 12th story is The Disappearance by Leigh Bardugo, narrated by Miriam Margolyes. I loved the descriptions of the people and the surprise ending. I felt quite bereft when I finished listening and had to leave Miss Marple behind. Favorite quotes: The box was also off to the conductor’s left, so when we got on stage I made sure we were sat at an angle with the band in the old fashioned formation with the troms to my right and the baritones and euphs behind the horns.” Ten pinbowling

But the Spring Gardens was Marple's most popular destination

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins try some of the food served up in wartime 'British Restaurants', created to feed the public at a subsidised price.)

The truth however was that the contest was still up for grabs - with a host of bands falling foul of the judges in terms of style. Some of the written remarks from Bram Gay, James Scott and John Wallace were pointed in their criticism to say the least.

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Further up the road were the baths, which were boarded over for the duration with a dance floor, where I remember going as a Persian Prince to a fancy dress party of some kind, and winning a prize. My parents were great ballroom dancers, there was a marvellous sense of excitement as they prepared for a ball, Dad is his smart DJ, Mum in a flowing full length gown of emerald green and delightfully perfumed with Eau de Cologne. They told me that they had, in fact, met dancing in a sort of ballroom country formation dance called The Lancers, at the local Palais de Dance in Ashton-under-Lyne. About 1916, my maternal grandfather, Andrew Cochran, moved with his wife and two small daughters from Paisley in Scotland, to Marple. He was an ‘engineer’s draftsman’, and worked for Campbell & Calderwood in Paisley. They designed and made boilers for steam engines, pumps and other machinery. He moved to employment at Daniel Adamson’s at Ashton under Lyne, also makers of boilers for engines for boats, trains, foundries etc. Presumably this was important work for the war effort, and he was not in WW1, as his employment was classed as a ‘reserved occupation’.