tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8620703702112711226..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: heads and horses, K. M. GrantMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7243260370043279072011-08-28T06:21:41.943+01:002011-08-28T06:21:41.943+01:00Now there is an ancestor to be proud of!Now there is an ancestor to be proud of!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37898976686203727612011-08-28T00:44:24.722+01:002011-08-28T00:44:24.722+01:00Kettledrum - how great to have a racehorse in the ...Kettledrum - how great to have a racehorse in the family! (I worked with them for 10 years before I decided it was safer sitting at a computer than on a "worried" racehorse's back on a Monday morning...)<br /><br />And your post has reminded me I MUST MUST MUST get hold of your blood red horse... Amazon keep recommending it to me, as a fellow horse lover.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22560801431011786772011-08-27T20:04:00.782+01:002011-08-27T20:04:00.782+01:00You've got some interesting family history the...You've got some interesting family history there! With family history like that, I couldn't blame you for using them... I would!Nikki - Notes of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116292112164268244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-54630148086400746192011-08-27T20:00:41.650+01:002011-08-27T20:00:41.650+01:00Katie!
I remember you! You were the one with the ...Katie! <br />I remember you! You were the one with the brilliant stories and the fantastic ancestors. <br />Splendid to be reunited here. Lovely post as well. I shall look forward to more. -Louisa Younghttp://www.louisayoung.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14628977416763748272011-08-27T19:52:06.389+01:002011-08-27T19:52:06.389+01:00I loved this post and I loved hearing you tell the...I loved this post and I loved hearing you tell the tale at the Edinburgh Book Festival. I especially liked the part that your mother arranged the two heads to face each other so that they could chat throughout eternity!Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-59643577125909901752011-08-27T18:43:24.617+01:002011-08-27T18:43:24.617+01:00How could you NOT write about your Uncle Frank and...How could you NOT write about your Uncle Frank and Kettledrum? The head in a basket on the sideboard was a particularly nice detail! Thanks for sharing...Linda B-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01599899073420595717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65023777660206002072011-08-27T15:42:19.425+01:002011-08-27T15:42:19.425+01:00Wow. Heading off (arrgghhh - pun not intended) to...Wow. Heading off (arrgghhh - pun not intended) to get a copy of How The Hangman Lost His Heart asap - MUST find out more about the second head! <br /><br />We will all be searching our family records now, but somehow I don't think anyone is going to beat Uncle Frank.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-72217416547259704152011-08-27T14:43:06.635+01:002011-08-27T14:43:06.635+01:00Hello, and I'm so glad you like the post. Can...Hello, and I'm so glad you like the post. Can reassure on the smell front, as Uncle Frank's head was dipped in pitch to preserve it. As for its current whereabouts, it was eventually reunited with Uncle Frank's body in St. Peter's Church in Burnley, but when we opened the tomb in 1978, we found Uncle Frank's head had been joined by that of an unknown friend. Solving the mystery of the identity of the second head provided the plot for How The Hangman Lost His Heart. Even as I finished the book, I felt lucky at having Uncle Frank rather than being Uncle Frank ... I don't think I'd be at all good at being executed.K.M.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004496563163651929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67176405193893442232011-08-27T13:43:41.629+01:002011-08-27T13:43:41.629+01:00Joining in on the ancestor envy... but they kept h...Joining in on the ancestor envy... but they kept his head in a basket on the sideboard? Wouldn't it smell?<br /><br />But perhaps we've all got amazing ancestors, and we just don't know about them. Right - off to Ancestry UK...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-25533132931831721672011-08-27T13:36:29.780+01:002011-08-27T13:36:29.780+01:00Wonderful post, and I too must hold my hand up and...Wonderful post, and I too must hold my hand up and admit to ancestor envy! Keeping the head in a basket on the sideboard... now that's the sort of eccentricity that really appeals. Did you live in a very old family house filled with heirlooms as well as stories? (And where is that head now, I wonder?)H.M. Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716936870601385683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89065585225220325712011-08-27T12:04:59.581+01:002011-08-27T12:04:59.581+01:00Welcome to the blog, Katie - and what a fantastic ...Welcome to the blog, Katie - and what a fantastic post! I particularly love the picture of Kettledrum and your description of him as 'worried'.<br /><br />But doesn't it say a lot about us as historical writers that I am now actually ENVIOUS because I don't have an ancestor who was hung, drawn and quartered? I wouldn't have a moment's hesitation using a history like that. Ancestors are our 'property' in a way strangers never can be, and I bet 'Uncle Frank' would be nodding approval - if he had a head to nod with.<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing this. Especially before lunch...alberridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15986443240923520466noreply@blogger.com