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Shirley Toulson
Kathleen Shirley Toulson ( Dixon; 20 May 192423 September 2018) was an English writer, poet, journalist and local politician. Toulson attended Prior's Field School and worked with the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II. She married Norman Toulson, an army lieutenant, in 1944: they divorced in 1951. She then studied English at Birkbeck, University of London, and worked at Foyles bookshop before becoming a journalist. In 1960 she married poet Alan Brownjohn; they divorced in 1969. As a poet she was a member of The Group, an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Her work was included in the group's 1963 anthology ''A Group Anthology''. In 1962 she and her husband Alan Brownjohn were elected as Labour councillors in the Wandsworth London Borough Council. Her 1973 short story 'Playground of England', appearing in the Welsh journal ''Planet'', satirized the objectification of Wales as a tourist destination by English second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, west of Maidenhead, southeast of Oxford and west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The population at the 2011 Census was 11,619. History Henley does not appear in Domesday Book of 1086; often it is mistaken for ''Henlei'' in the book which is in Surrey. There is archaeological evidence of people residing in Henley since the second century as part of the Romano-British period. The first record of Henley as a substantial settlement is from 1179, when it is recorded that King Henry II "had bought land for the making of buildings". King John granted the manor of Benson and the town and manor of Henley to Robert Harcourt in 1199. A church at Henley is first mentioned in 1204. In 1205 the town received a tax for street paving, and in 1234 the bridge is first mentioned. In 1278 Henley is described as a hamlet of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
