Author: Rachael Brooks
J B Priestley: A Talk
Thursday, 24th September, 2009 at 8:45 am, Isle of Wight
Events, History, South Wight, West Wight, Writers
| 31, October 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
How many times have you driven along the Military Road and glanced up at Brook Hill House wondering what it must be like to live there.
At the end of next month you might be able to find out when film editor Tom Priestley will share memories of, and show a film about his father, the famous author, playwright and broadcaster JB Priestley, who lived in Brook in the 1950s and 1960s.
The event takes place at Seely Hall in Brook, starting at 7pm and concluding by 9pm.
Tickets £2.50 in advance (none sold on the door) ring 07784 733920 or email brookvillagehistory(at)yahoo.co.uk
…Lower and nearer, a glimpse of a tiny church and the ruin of a large manor house.
Further off, but dominating the scene, is the long chalk cliff that ends in the Needles.
And full in the middle panes of my window is that flashing mirror, that blue diamond or that infinite haze, that window for the mind, which is the sea.
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I must include this link to the Book of Modern Delights. The idea for the new book and the impetus to reprint Priestley’s original Book of Delights came from my mate Jono. It’s a lovely idea.
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Also this is a fairly decent horror story set in Brook Hill House.
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i remember my grandmother saying they once baked a very large cake and all the bright young things put it in a wheelbarrow and took it to the village green and had a party on Lenins birthday , pushing this cake from brook house , what a gay day .
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I never knew JB Priestley lived there. Thanks for another fascinating factlet! Will make a note of that talk.
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Shudder, it may have been over 15 years ago but my goodness I have terrible memories of reading “An Inspector Calls” about a million times for English Lit.
However I never knew he lived on the Island, excellent info.
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That’s what school literary lessons do of course,Benjamin.Don’t give up on him though.
I recall devouring everything of his I could get my hands on as a youth.And now I’ve had a reminder I’ll give him another go.
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I was, am, a great fan of JBP as well. His The Good Companions is a brilliant read as is Festival at Fairbridge.If I wasn’t based in London at present I’d be sitting in the front row at Seely Hall on 31st October.
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I recall he previously lived at Billingham Manor
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