GIBSON E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGE
KINGSTON MAURWARD OLD MANOR HOUSE
RUTHERIAN TRANSLATION OF HARDY POEMS
From: ? helengibson@clara.co.uk
?Subject: ?Change of e-mail address for James & Helen Gibson
?Date: ?March 31, 2004 8:22:08 AM PST?Reply-To: ? HARDY-L@csusm.edu
We have changed our e-mail address to helengibson@clara.co.uk. If you have a message for James Gibson, please put his name in the Subject line, and it will be passed on to him.
Thank you.
Best wishes to all,
Helen
?From: ? rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
?Subject: ?Re: Kingston Maurward Old Manor House
?Date: ?March 29, 2004 2:45:50 PM PST
A Hasty and Urgent message from Helen Gibson (there is evidently a rash of
Veneerings in Dorset!)
____________________
Dear Rosemarie,
I heard today that there is another ill-conceived planning application in thepipeline. Kingston Maurward College has applied to build a large teachingblock and an accommodation block in front of, and unnecessarily close to, theOld Manor House. I have details, photos and plans and will give moreinformation when I get back on Wednesday. Old Manor House is so muchassociated with Hardy Desperate Remedies, poems, his early childhood.The application is to West Dorset District Council, 58/60 High West Street,Dorchester DT1 1UZ, No: 1/E/04/000116.<http://www.westdorset-dc.gov.uk/>www.westdorset-dc.gov.uk
As usual, there is a need to get any protests in quickly by April 2nd!
Wish I d known earlier, but only heard today.
__________
END OF MESSAGE
From: ? johnvargheese@hotmail.com
?Subject: ?Re: Kingston Maurward Old Manor House
?Date: ?March 30, 2004 7:55:56 PM PST
Dear Ms Morgan
I joined the online TH community some weeks ago but this is my first missive. I happened to read Helen Gibson's plea and thought I should add my mite to the cause.
I write from far away India. In 1995 I had the pleasure of being a guest at the Gibson residence and the honour of spending a happy hour chatting with James Gibson. (She may remember a research student from Hyderabad in India called John Varghese). But the purpose of this mail is not to be nostalgic...
I wish to earnestly request the concerned authorities to desist from destroying or defacing anything so precious as the Manor House. Its not often that we come across a community (like the TH community) that is sensitive to their heritage, and in the interest of future generations I would go along with Helen and ask the College to adopt a more positive approach thinking of the damage that a new block could do to the entire area.
Best wishes
John Varghese
Centre for Media & Communication
CIEFL, Hyderabad, India.
From: ? segr@segr-music.net
?Subject: ?Hardy-where RU?
?Date: ?March 22, 2004 6:41:17 AM PST
Sad things happen to gems of our English language when translated by the
foreign literati.
Take for example the following jewel of Ruthenian art:
"The smile on your mouse was the deadles thing"
lifted from
Others will be found-
"Enjoy!"
Roy Buckle