William Matthew Scott
William Matthew Scott | |
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Herne Bay, Kent | |
Pen name | Will Scott |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright, children's writer |
Nationality | British |
Period | 1920–1964 |
Genre | Detective, thriller, mystery, children's, short story |
Notable works | The Cherrys series, Disher Detective, The Limping Man |
William Matthew Scott (30 September 1893 – 7 May 1964), pen name Will Scott, was a British writer of stories and books for adults and children, published from 1920 to 1965. Towards the end of his life he was best known for The Cherrys series, written for children and published between 1952 and 1965. However, in earlier years he was known for his detective novels, his stage plays which were made into films, notably The Limping Man in 1931 and 1936, and for the 2,000 short stories[3] that he contributed to magazines and newspapers; believed to be a record for the United Kingdom during his lifetime.[4] As of 2011, his books are out of print.
Biography
Ancestry and youth
William Matthew Scott was born at 128 Camp Road (now Oatland Lane) in
His father was William Scott, a joiner, born in Leeds in 1861.
However the
Adult life
His World War I services are not known, but a dozen William Scotts are recorded in the armed services at this time.[29] In 1915 he married Lily Edmundson (born 19 August 1891)[30] in Leeds Register Office; she was a tailoress and the daughter of George Edmundson, a machine fitter in 1891 and electrical engineer in 1915.[30] Scott was at that time an artist and caricaturist, living at 79 Buslingthorpe Lane, Leeds; his mother was one of the witnesses at the wedding.[31] They had two daughters: the first was Patricia Shirley born at 1 Highfield Terrace, Golders Green on 28 September 1919 when Scott described himself as a black and white artist.[32] The second was Marjory Sylvia born at St Edwards maternity home, Station Road, Herne Bay on 4 January 1921. At this point Scott was describing himself as a journalist and living at Roldale House, Selsea Avenue, Herne Bay.[33]
So he was living in
He was a private person, said to have "shunned the limelight".[3] However he contributed to the life of Herne Bay by directing its amateur dramatic society The Mask Players from 1930 to 1940, and he wrote the 1939 Town Guide "in his own idiosyncratic way".[42] He created a logo for Herne Bay, showing its heron symbol, its clock tower, Reculver Towers and the sea.[43] He died of a stroke at Nunnery Fields Hospital, Canterbury,[44] on 7 May 1964; his death certificate describes him as a journalist.[2] He was cremated at Barham Crematorium on 12 May 1964; his ashes were scattered in the grounds there, and there is no headstone or memorial.[45] In 1998 the Herne Bay Gazette said, "Mr Scott was a true citizen of Herne Bay who had not received due recognition."[42]
Career
His Times obituary says that he began in London as a caricaturist for the Performer magazine, drawing George Robey, Wilkie Bard, and Fred Kitchen from the film Old Mother Riley Overseas.[3] However he was already working as a caricaturist in Leeds by 1915 when he was twenty-one.[30] He was briefly the art editor of Pan magazine in London, but then moved to Herne Bay to become a full-time writer.[3] The dust jacket of the first edition of The Cherrys series says:
"After being a cartoonist, an art critic, an art editor and a drama critic, Will Scott settled down as a fiction writer. He has written over 2,000 short stories, which is believed to be a record for this country. When his own daughters were small he wrote plays and books, all for grown ups. It was grandchildren who turned his thoughts to books for young readers. He says they are 'the greatest fun in the world'".[4]
Mask Players (The)
The Mask Players was the amateur Herne Bay drama group started for charity purposes by Edward Anstee in March 1930, with twelve or twenty-four founder members; this number had risen to 300 by 1935. Between 1930 and 1940, 673 people had contributed to the group and 176 acting members had taken part in 179 performances and two thousand rehearsals. There was a monthly show called "Green Room Night".[42] Will Scott was involved with this society as director for most of its life. The group celebrated its tenth anniversary and 63rd green room night on 28 March 1940 at St John's Hall in Herne Bay, although the previous cast of hundreds had been whittled down to dozens by the war.[46] On this occasion the entertainment consisted of variety sketches and turns, including and accompanied by "a breezy pianoforte selection". It also included a rare speech by Scott, who was known to "shun the limelight".[3] The group was named after Scott's play, The Mask, its first play which opened on 28 March 1930 at the King's Hall and produced a £42 donation for a local charity. The Players regularly performed yearly Christmas pantomimes, the early ones starring a disguised Eileen Wilson as principal boy. It also functioned as a social club for the players, with garden parties at Beltinge. The Players continued to entertain at least until 1940, although other entertainment societies had to close;[47] for example The Mask Players Girls performed a variety concert in aid of a wartime charity at St Johns Hall on 31 October 1940, charging 6d entry fee.[48] By 1945 The Mask Players had disbanded due to war operations, and the group was succeeded by Theatrecraft.[49]
Short stories
His first short story was published in 1920. He wrote over 2,000 stories;[50] he specialised in the short, short story and contributed many of these to the magazines Pan, 20-Story, The Passing Show, John Bull, Illustrated, Everybody's Magazine, John O' London's Weekly, London Opinion, The Humorist, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and The Star as well as The Strand Magazine and The Evening News to which he contributed 94 stories.[51] His stories were also published in summer and Christmas annuals.[3][52][53] The short, short stories tend to rely for effect on the audience's expectation being trumped by a clever twist at the end. Although the short stories are long out of print, one by Will Scott was reprinted in 1992, in The Folio Anthology of Humour,[54] this being a reprint of a P.G. Wodehouse's A Century of Humour collections of 1935 and 1936.
The Daily Express Cameo Tale series
The ninth story in the series was Will Scott's Old Bus, which appeared on 30 September 1930: a shaggy dog tale about twenty years in the life of a limousine. It is set in London, and in a fictional Sunnysands which may have been suggested by Herne Bay.[55]
Passing Show (The) Magazine
Where Men Are Men (1926) is a humorous tale about a henpecked husband.[56] The Fingerprint (1926) is a detective story about an unsolved crime where the evidence consists of unusually large thumbprints.[57] The Ten Year Smile (1927) is a murder mystery in which a felon explains why he is pleased with himself.[58]
Giglamps (1924)
In the title story of this collection of tales the detective is a tramp.[50][59] The British Library holds a reference copy.[60]
Plays
It has been said that "his real love was the theatre".[3] He wrote comedies and thrillers for the stage.
The Mask, performed 1930
It is not known whether this play was a development of his novel, The Mask (1929),[61] or vice versa. It was the first play performed by The Mask Players at Herne Bay in 1930.[47]
The Limping Man, filmed 1931 and 1936
Will Scott's thriller drama, The Limping Man was called an "outstanding success", the character of Disher being expanded onstage by Franklin Dyall. The plot begins with a man suffering victimisation after inheriting an estate, and enlisting a detective to find out why.[62] This play was a development of Scott's 1928 novel, Shadows.[63] The play was revived onstage and made into two films: Creeping Shadows (1931) and The Limping Man (1936).[3][64][65][66] This is not the same story as Frances D. Grierson's The Limping Man (1924).[67][68] The play went on tour and then debuted in London on Monday 19 January 1931 at the Royalty Theatre, starring Franklin Dyall, Eve Gray, Miriam Lewes and Arthur Hardy.[69][70] It was copyrighted in the same year as a play in three acts in the United States.[71] The Times review was printed the following day.[72] The Daily Express review said:
"Will Scott, an artist and author, has written in The Limping Man a comedy thriller which is far above the average if only for the reason that it contains at least a score of very amusing lines. There is a valuable Rembrandt, a Henry VIII mansion, mysterious footsteps, a bell that rings by itself, a suspicious-looking butler, Americans, a man murdered at the crossroads – all sorts of ingredients that would mix up into a stage mystery. The solution is by no means an obvious one. Franklin Dyall is a modern man of mystery – a being who wanders all over the globe solving crimes that baffle every one else. Arthur Hardy, who has been acting in this play on tour for some months, has some admirable lines as a fashionable physician . . . If The Limping Man had been produced two years ago I should have promised it a long run."[73]
In 1935 The Limping Man was at the
His Wife's Mother, filmed 1932
This stage play was filmed as His Wife's Mother (1932). In the plot, a man pretends to be his own double when he is seen with an actress by his mother-in-law.[64][76]
The Umbrella Man, filmed 1937
This stage play was filmed as London by Night (1937);[77][78] an atmospheric thriller in which a series of murders occurs in a foggy London square.[64] However the plot of the film may differ from the original play, which is a comedy about crooks with jewellery hidden in an umbrella.[79]
Herne Bay Pageant, 1937
This is The Herne Bay Pageant in Celebration of the Coronation of their Majesties King George V1 and Queen Elizabeth which was written and directed by Will Scott for performance in
Novels
Disher, Detective (1925) or The Black Stamp (1926)
Disher, Detective was the UK title. This book is dedicated to "my friend Albert Bailey". Two editions of
"Heaven is the place where the last chapter will be torn out of the finest story that ever will be written. And it is a heaven to me unattainable. Believe me, I never want to solve any of these so-called mysteries with which my name is associated. But I always do solve them. I can't help it. The greatest thing that my present career could hold for me would be a case that was utterly beyond my powers . . . if there were someone else who could do my job as well as I can do it, I'd drop it at once and go in for some inexact science that leads to nowhere and nothing. But there isn't."[84]
Shadows (1928)
The 1928 Philadelphia edition is dedicated to "my friend W.A. Williamson, Skipper of the Good Ship Passing Show of London, who, also, thinks an Adventure in the Armchair is worth two in the Bush." Five editions were published 1928–1931 in English and German.
The Mask (1929)
Three editions were published 1929–1931 in English and German.
However this novel also offers glimpses of the area just before the beginning of the
There are moments in The Mask which capture this landscape just as it was changing from that of the horse to that of the motor car. The farmer Wilks still has a horse and cart. However the taxi driver was a ploughman fifteen years before, and the local smithy is now a garage and petrol station. The bus, the train and walking are still preferred methods of travel for the majority, though, and even the car-owning gentry at the Georgian House are familiar with public transport timetables.[61]
Clues (1929)
This is a puzzle-plot mystery.[50][83] The British Library holds no reference copy of this novel, but it does hold an American anthology of detective stories called Clues.[90][91]
The Man (1930)
A novel of 287 pages, published by Stanley Paul of London, 1930.[92] The British Library holds a reference copy.[93]
Children's books: The Cherrys series
The Cherrys series consists of 14 books, published from 1952 to 1965, the last being published after Will Scott died.
First: The Cherrys of River House (1952)
The dedication says, "A book for Mike to remind him of the days when all of us – and Daisy's sister – dashed about, like The Cherrys themselves, all over the place, from the beginning of Kent to the end of the Windrush, having a high old time".[97] The story is about children who have happenings "as they called their adventures", and this may be the first written example of the usage of the word, "happening" in this way.[97] This book was published in French by Editions G. P. in 1962 under the title La famille Cherry de la maison sur la Riviere, translated by Genevieve Meker and illustrated in colour by Pierre Le Guen. Happenings: (1) Their first happening (Orienteering in setting inspired by Dawes Folly at East Blean Woods near Dargate, Kent); (2) Through hostile territory (Escaping under cover, set at fictional St Mary Cray); (3) Treasure Island (bivouacking up a tree, set in St Mary Cray, mentions 1951 Great Exhibition); (4) If only we’re in time! (Car rally quiz, fictional St Dennis Bay setting inspired by Minnis Bay at Birchington-on-Sea, first Black Jack story); (5) Nothing at all to do (sending messages via animals, set in St Mary Cray); (6) Find me who can! (First manhunt for Black Jack, set in St Mary Cray, dares); (7) He must be somebody (second manhunt for Black Jack, set in St Mary Cray, keeping covert watch); (8) Black Jack strikes again! (third manhunt for Black Jack, set in St Mary Cray, treasure map); (9) Clue upon clue (fourth manhunt for Black Jack, set in St Mary Cray, fingerprints); Unmasked! (final instalment of Black Jack story, set in St Mary Cray, disguises).[96][97]
Second: The Cherrys and Company (1953)
This edition was reprinted four times, in 1953, 1956, 1957 and 1961. The dust jacket carries a quotation from The Times Literary Supplement, "The Cherrys are a lively, likeable family of four children, their mother and their father, a retired explorer, who thinks he likes a quiet life in the country, and is constantly inventing "Happenings" which keep the family on the move round the countryside in their old car".[98] This book was published by American Book Company in 1962 in French under the title Les Cherry Et Compagnie; illustrated by Pierre Le Guen. Happenings: (1) The games they get up to (the game of left-right, set in fictional St Mary Cray); (2) Man in armour (description of gale inspired by North Sea flood of 1953); (3) Adventure on See-Saw Mountain (polar conditions and relief expedition, set in St Mary Cray); (4) Disappearing trick (first instalment of Black Jack Junior story, set in St Mary Cray, setting false trails); (5) Black Jack Junior, Pirate (second instalment of Black Jack Junior story, set in St Mary Cray, boat-chase) (6) Kidnapped (pirates, set in St Mary Cray); (7) Mystery of See-Saw Mountain (mountain-climbing, set in St Mary Cray); (8) The Empty House (night-searches, set in St Mary Cray); (9) Little clue, big clue (intruder identified, set in St Mary Cray); (10) Biggest clue of all (blindfolded Mystery tour).[96][98]
Third: The Cherrys by the Sea (1954)
The happenings or adventures all take place at the fictional St Denis Bay, inspired by Minnis Bay at
Fourth: The Cherrys and the Pringles (1955)
The Cherry children are joined by their new friends, the Pringle children, and their father Captain invents happenings or adventures for them. All stories are set in fictional St Mary Cray.[100] Happenings: The great reception (the children lay on a reception committee greeting); Let it rain! (snakes and ladders game on the staircase); Mr. Pringle has a go (attempt by Pringle to create a happening); The Crocotosh (the children hide under a raincoat); Early birds (following a newspaper trail); The other house (the first Littles and Bigs story - the children leave a clue to a prize for the adults); The torn treasure chart (the Bigs and Littles each receive two-quarters of the chart - each must fight for the other two-quarters to find the treasure); The battle of Bigs And Littles (Bigs and Littles creep up on each other to see the pieces of chart); Let them have it! (Roy gives the Littles' pieces of chart to the Bigs); I know where! (the race to the buried treasure).[96][100]
Fifth: The Cherrys and the Galleon (1956)
An island becomes a make-believe galleon, with a pictorial map on the endpapers showing the island.[101] Happenings: The get-on-with-its; The great cross-over; The well-I-never place; The seaside at home; The peculiar periscope; The famous think; The big idea; The big mystery; The big work; The big day. There could be literary references in these subtitles to ancient ideas of transition and perception.[96][101]
Sixth: The Cherrys and the Double Arrow (1957)
The story starts with Captain Cherry organising the children to find an elm tree in a wood; written before the second wave of Dutch elm disease in 1967 caused most of these to be lost in the UK. There were 3 editions of the book in 1957–1973, including two impressions in 1957 and 1961.[81][102] It was published in French in 1963 by Rouge et Or Dauphine as Les Cherry et la Double Fleche, illustrated by Pierre Le Guen.[103] Happenings: This way to anywhere; The double arrow; Adventures of Jimmy's party; Adventures of Joe's party; Again and again; Roy in his own; Public notice; After him!; Strange disappearance of Mr Wilks; This way to the Bang Kwit.[96][102]
Seventh: The Cherrys on Indoor Island (1958)
This is perhaps the definitive Cherrys series happening: a rainy day on which the interior of River House becomes an imaginary indoor island for the children, organised as an adventure for the children by their father Captain Cherry.[104] Happenings: The wreck; The castaways; The cave; Exploring the jungle; Mountain rescue; The mysterious footprint; Yes, it's pirates!; A sail! A sail!; But where can it be?; Buried treasure.[96][104]
Eighth: The Cherrys on Zigzag Trail (1959)
There were two impressions in 1959 and 1962. The story starts with a game of Silly Golf, which may have been informed by the crazy golf entertainment at Hampton-on-Sea near to Will Scott's home at Herne Bay.[105] Happenings: Mr Wilks cries 'Look!’; Mr. Nobody; Nothing but mysteries; The standstill race; The Society For Finding Things Out; Old sailor from over the water; Away they go; Smart work; The same-sounding words; The end if the trail.[96][105]
Ninth: The Cherrys' Mystery Holiday (1960)
One edition was published in English in 1960. The title may have been informed by the novelty of the mystery tours being run by
Tenth: The Cherrys and Silent Sam (1961)
This story is based on the mystery-man plot.[107] Happenings: A very peculiar affair; He must be watched; Red hot news!; The next move; At it again; Caught!; What a surprise!; Then who is it?; I know who it is; Oh no, it isn't![96][107]
Eleventh: The Cherrys' Famous Case (1962)
Two editions were published in 1962 and 1972, in English and another language. The story starts by examining the idea of clues and evidence.[81][108] Happenings: The day that woke up; Missing!; The Home-made Police-Force; Hot on the trail; The footprint again; The light in the window; That third clue; Clue all the time; Action!; Portrait of the Queen.[96][108]
Twelfth: The Cherrys to the Rescue (1963)
It was published in English in 1963 and reprinted in 1970.
Thirteenth: The Cherrys in the Snow (1964)
It was published in English in 1964 and reprinted in 1970.[81][112] The British Library holds a reference copy.[113] In the winter of 1962–1963 there was an unusually thick snowfall and the surface of the sea froze along the shoreline close to Scott's house, Windermere, on Westcliff at Herne Bay. It is possible that this book was a response to that winter. Happenings: Nothing but nothing; Enter Mr. Misery; The start of a rumour; The search from end to end; You'd never guess!; "Keep him out of sight!"; Tell-tale trail; If only it works; Vanished!; Away again.[96][112]
Fourteenth: The Cherrys and the Blue Balloon (1965)
A posthumous publication. The phrase, "last appearance" in the final chapter heading may be significant.[114] The British Library holds a reference copy.[115] Happenings: First appearance of the blue balloon; What the littles thought; What the bigs thought; But what did the man think?; Watched; Where is Augustus?; The amazing truth; The light in the window; The night watch; Last appearance of the blue balloon.[96][114]
Other children's books
Half-Term Trail (1955)
This book is illustrated by Mary Willett.
Commentary
The story follows the attempts of five children to clear the name of their friend Sticky by trailing and catching a homeless thief with disagreeable manners; a "ghastly type" to be identified by his brown boots.
". . . and if you'd done something you shouldn't have done they were the last people you'd have liked to have looking at you. They looked really dangerous."[125]
The children douse the brown-booted man with red paint at the end; this could be understood as a symbolic killing as the paint is blood-coloured. We never find out what has driven him to steal or why he is bad-tempered. This aspect suggests that the apparently simple children's tale has a moral depth which is possibly intended to undermine its own plot and thus to bring into question the moral basis of some other children's detective tales of the era.[116][126]
The Great Expedition (1962)
The author intended this to be the thirteenth in The Cherrys series, but the agent discouraged the idea of a thirteenth novel for children, and the new publisher declined to produce a matching cover for the previous series.[127][128] The British Library holds a reference copy.[129] The book contains 13 coloured and black and white illustrations in the text, one frontispiece and a cover illustration, all by C. Clixby Watson, plus 4 coloured and black and white maps by Henry West and others. The dust-jacket summary says: "A wise old night-watchman convinced Dick, Mick and Henry that any unvisited place is uncharted territory – and that there was no need to climb Everest or track through dark jungles to enjoy the thrill of discovery. In fact, they found the tracing of an unnamed river to its source a most exciting adventure."[127] The story is set near Newbury, Berkshire. Chapters: 1. Somewhere – But Where? 2. The End of Somewhere; 3. The Beginning of Nowhere; 4. Several Questions; 5. The Second Camp; 6. The Relief Expedition; 7. The Rising at Million Bridges; 8. The Expedition Moves On; 9. The Last Camp; 10. Green Hat's Game; 11. No Time to Lose; 12. The Last Lap; 13. The Top of All; 14. Back to Somewhere.[127]
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- ^ "Fandango". Umbrella (stage play). 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ Ref C020300757. Reference copies are held at (1) Herne Bay Library Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Herne Bay, Kent, and (2) the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone, Kent
- ^ a b c d e f g h "WorldCat". Scott, Will. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Advertisement: Cassell's new books". The Times Digital Archive 1785–1985: Issue 43956. 8 May 1925. p. 9; col.A. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ a b Grost, Mike. "MikeGrost.com". A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection Home Page: Will Scott. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Scott, Will (1925). Disher, Detective (1 ed.). London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. 101–02. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "British Library". Full record: Shadows by Will Scott. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "The British Library". Full record: Shadows (Cassell 1928) by Will Scott. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ Scott, Will (1928). Shadows. Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company (A. L. Burt Company). p. 294.
- ^ "The British Library". Full record: The Mask by Will Scott. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Conversation with J. Spashett in 1963 when she thanked him for giving a set of The Cherrys books to her children
- ^ "The British Library". Full record: Clues (detective stories) 1941. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Clues (detective stories) Vol. 30. no. 5-Vol. 45. no. 2. Oct. 1933 – July 1941. New York. 1933.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Scott, Will (1930). The Man. London: Stanley Paul & Co.
- ^ "The British Library". Full record: The Man by Will Scott. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Collecting books and magazines: British 1950s series". Cherrys. Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Heather's Blyton Pages". Lilian Buchanan (13 January 1914). Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o AurelArkad (2009–2010). "Library Thing". Children's Fiction: Will Scott's 14-book Cherrys Series. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ a b c Scott, Will (1952). The Cherrys of River House. 1st of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1953). The Cherrys and Company. 2nd of The Cherrys Series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ Will Scott (1963), Les Cherry au Bord de la Mer, Rouge et Or Dauphine, France.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1955). The Cherrys and the Pringles. 4th of the Cherrys Series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1956). The Cherrys and the Galleon. 5th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1957). The Cherrys and the Double Arrow. 6th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ Will Scott (1963), Les Cherry et la Double Fleche, Rouge et Or Dauphine, France.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1958). The Cherrys on Indoor Island. 7th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1959). The Cherrys on Zigzag Trail. 8th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1960). The Cherrys' Mystery Holiday. 9th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1961). The Cherrys and Silent Sam. 10th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1962). The Cherrys' Famous Case. 11th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ^ a b Scott, Will (1963). The Cherrys to the Rescue. 12th of The Cherrys series (1 ed.). Leicester: Brockhampton Press.
- ISBN 0-340-03262-6.
- ISBN 0-416-61050-1.
- ^ ISBN 0-340-03257-X.
- ^ "The British Library". Full record: The Cherrys in the Snow. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ ISBN 0-340-03255-3.
- ^ "British Library". Full record: The Cherrys and the Blue Balloon. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d Scott, Will (1955). Half Term Trail (1 ed.). London: Blackie.
- ^ "The British Library". Full record: Half Term Trail by Will Scott. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "Bnet". Herne Bay Times: Girl who loved beach will tan people all over. Northcliffe Newspapers Group Limited. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ See hand-drawn map of Hampton-on-Sea based on 1978 OS map: File:Hampton 1978 001b.jpg
- ^ Scott, Will (1955). Half Term Trail (1 ed.). London: Blackie. p. 15.
- ^ Weston & Lee (1931). "Make 'Em Laugh". Stanley Holloway: Brahn Boots. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ^ "Herald Scotland". Final frame in a lifetime of Dandy cartoon creation. Herald & Times Group. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Word IQ". Jack Black (VIZ) – Definition. 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ Will Scott told his neighbour J. Spashett in 1963 that he objected to his work being compared with that of Enid Blyton.
- ^ Scott, Will (1955). Half Term Trail (1 ed.). London: Blackie. p. 97.
- Viz (comic)
- ^ a b c Scott, Will (1962). The Great Expedition (1 ed.). London: University of London Press Ltd.
- ^ Told by Will Scott to his neighbour J. Spashett in 1963 when she thanked him for this book. He ordered this himself from his publishers, and the delivery note 009884, dated 18 April 1963, shows that he was charged the full six-shilling price of the book.
- ^ "The British Library". Full Record: The Great Expedition by Will Scott. The British Library Board. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
Bibliography
- Steventon, K. and Ford J., Will Scott & Herne Bay, Herne Bay Past Series no. 9 (Herne Bay Historical Records Society, March 2013) (ISBN 9781909164086: illustrated with historical photographs; written by two granddaughters of Will Scott)
External links
Media related to Will Scott at Wikimedia Commons
- Webpage listing short stories by Will Scott and the magazines they appeared in
- The British Library (holds reference copies of all Will Scott's children's books and most of the novels: see listings above)