FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Collection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., many accompanied by typed and holograph statements (most unsigned) by a variety of famous individuals (entertainers, television, sports personalities, etc.), all written to Henry Buckton in association with his BBC Children in Need fund raising book entitled Celebrity Child's Play, providing various anecdotes from their school lives, comprising Martin Bell (in part, 'I shall always remember the summer of 1946, when I was nearly eight, for a single Great Event - my first ice-cream.'), Craig Brown, Brian Cant, Harry Carpenter, Stephanie Cole, Bernard Cornwell, Wendy Craig (in part, 'I had several beautiful dolls, but the one I loved best and played with most was the one my daddy made for me. It was my favourite for years. I wonder what became of it.'), Niall Dickson, Anne Fine, Bryan Forbes, Anna Ford, Clare Francis, Dick Francis (in part, 'It will come as no surprise that riding plays a major part in my childhood memories. I spent much of my early years at my maternal grandparent's farm in Pembrokeshire and it was here that I consider I first became a professional horseman.'), Lucinda Green, Richard Griffiths, Sophie Grigson, David Hemery (in part, 'Between years five and ten I lived in Frinton-on-Sea. Early athletic endeavours included building a sufficiently long and high sand castle to pursue hours of self-challenging standing long jumps off the high sea wall.'), Barry Hines, Douglas Hurd, Lionel Jefferies (in part, '1926. Deptford. South London. A small semi detached Victorian house on the docks. The inside of my first pram. The sweet and sour smell of spilt milk, and the exquisite comfort of lying in my very own pee.'), Dinsdale Landen, John Kavanagh, Mark Lawrenson, Andrew Marr, Andrea Mclean, George Melly (in part, 'I remember when my Great Uncle Bill took me to the Liverpool Zoo. Only a year later he was to have a fit and become a taciturn figure who did nothing but sit in front of the fire drinking brandy and soda and smoking Turkish cigarettes.'), Desmond Morris, Peter Nichols, Matthew Parris, Tessa Peake-Jones, Julian Pettifer, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Plater, Philip Pullman, Steve Race, Bonny Sartin, Prunella Scales (in part, 'One of my most vivid childhood memories is the morning my father failed (just) to shoot my mother through the ceiling…'), David Steel, Tommy Steele (in part, 'On a dark night in the midst of yet another German bombing raid during the blitz my dad and I were racing through the smoke ridden alleys of Bermondsey Dock dodging flying debris and shrapnel…'), Ed Stewart, Ray Stubbs, Janet Suzman, Joanna Trollope and John Waite. Together with June Whitfield (1925- ) English Actress. Book signed, being a softcover edition of the Celebrity Child's Play by Henry Buckton, First Edition, published in aid of BBC Children in Need Appeal by Henry Buckton, Glastonbury, 2002. Signed by June Whitfield in bold black ink to a clear area of the inside cover. VG to EX, 45
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