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Lady Diana Duff Cooper, daughter of eight Dukes, was patriotically collecting swill for her pigs from door to door in Bognor Regis, Sussex, when she was picked up on three traffic charges. ∽∽ Third wife Sylvia, ex-Lady Ashley got her $3,000 monthly allowance from Douglas Fairbanks' estate continued for six months. Other heirs had claimed this was more than the income on her half-share, for the estate may be much less than the $2,000,000 Doug thought he was leaving, had asked that her allowance be reduced to $1,000 monthly. ∽∽ Princess...
...years they had stayed at Mrs. Hugget's lodging-house at Bognor on the sea. Though Mrs. Hugget's place, since the death of her husband, showed more shabbiness than gentility, the Stevenses were faithful once again. With meticulous detail Author Sherriff recounts their departure from London, the thrilling railway journey, their stay in Bognor. Nothing happens except that for two weeks they all breathe free. Their mutual affection, having survived the cooping of their poor city life, turns outward to the world at large. Mr. Stevens meets old cronies at the pub; Dick has an inspiration...
...dissection had not repelled her, had long experimented with plants for cooking and scent blending. An energetic woman, she has written previous books on the herbal art, founded the Society of Herbalists, established Culpeper House in London as herbalist headquarters and salesroom. Mrs. Leyel has a rural home near Bognor, Sussex, where King George convalesced from his chest ailments. At Bognor, it is said, certain of the Grieve-Leyel made their way into the royal dishes if not into the royal medicines...
Lady Diana Duff-Cooper, onetime Miracle nun, driving from Bognor to Lon- don, smashed into another car, was taken to a hospital suffering cut knees, shock...
...King's Lyme, commemorating Peter Baudrat's gift of lands in Lyme Borough to King Edward II in the 14th century. Last week Bognor, seaside town in Sussex, where King George V was recently a convalescent, became with George V's permission, Bognor Regis...