tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8428201897962440184..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Historical Fictions, Fictional Histories - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-49663804651253661972015-03-06T13:57:29.782+00:002015-03-06T13:57:29.782+00:00I like that. Little brass ones, perhaps, powered ...I like that. Little brass ones, perhaps, powered by methylated spirits. Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9989946302131132015-03-06T09:40:57.564+00:002015-03-06T09:40:57.564+00:00Obadiah Blenkinsop may have been fast and determin...Obadiah Blenkinsop may have been fast and determined, but Brunel would have had steam-powered roller-skates of his own design.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-35248372805823503112015-03-05T16:39:20.222+00:002015-03-05T16:39:20.222+00:00Wonderful! Will definitely have to try that tactic...Wonderful! Will definitely have to try that tactic if I'm ever in that situation myself.Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-39220875834861436122015-03-04T22:06:56.166+00:002015-03-04T22:06:56.166+00:00... and Sue P, thankyou - corrected!... and Sue P, thankyou - corrected!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61788900510367957482015-03-04T21:52:35.251+00:002015-03-04T21:52:35.251+00:00Leslie, Sue - you don't know Obadiah Blenkinso...Leslie, Sue - you don't know Obadiah Blenkinsop...Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69647869094881210902015-03-04T20:06:42.389+00:002015-03-04T20:06:42.389+00:00Wonderful!Wonderful!Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58498138766344773432015-03-04T20:02:39.456+00:002015-03-04T20:02:39.456+00:00Lovely! I agree with Sue P mind; Brunel would cert...Lovely! I agree with Sue P mind; Brunel would certainly have won... Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71467152678384587772015-03-04T11:39:43.997+00:002015-03-04T11:39:43.997+00:00Great!
Pedantic note: it's 'ss Great Brit...Great!<br /><br />Pedantic note: it's 'ss Great Britain' not 'SS GB'. I learnt that when I was writing 'Emily's Surprising Voyage', which was set on the ship. It still looks odd now, but if you look on all the signage, that's how it is.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69096856928229249732015-03-04T10:08:51.539+00:002015-03-04T10:08:51.539+00:00Thanks all! We felt the approving spirits of Joan...Thanks all! We felt the approving spirits of Joan Aiken and Jan Mark hovering around us as we spun this yarn! (and recommend Jan Mark's brilliant 'They Do Things Differently There' to anyone who's enjoyed this and hasn't read that.)Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-21729677996012741932015-03-04T09:52:39.167+00:002015-03-04T09:52:39.167+00:00Brilliant! Brilliant! Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-85881522422948436622015-03-04T08:31:30.287+00:002015-03-04T08:31:30.287+00:00Hurrah! Clever stories fight stupid stories AND W...Hurrah! Clever stories fight stupid stories AND WIN! Thanks for doing it, and sharing it -Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81629553651803635952015-03-04T06:57:13.177+00:002015-03-04T06:57:13.177+00:00Oh that's rubbish - Brunel would have been in ...Oh that's rubbish - Brunel would have been in the lead!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com