tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5343753610253493674..comments2024-03-29T15:15:12.231+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-85661613171796326472021-04-09T09:30:13.787+01:002021-04-09T09:30:13.787+01:00Oh yes - Elizabeth Jane Howard! She was step-moth...Oh yes - Elizabeth Jane Howard! She was step-mother to Martin Amis and seems to have slept with a whole range of well-known names = Laurie Lee got good reviews. Can this have been her autobiography?shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-5148265853330685502021-04-08T20:43:53.378+01:002021-04-08T20:43:53.378+01:00Yes Robert Aickman I think was the name of the can...Yes Robert Aickman I think was the name of the canal man. She was a secretary for the inland waterways group. I first read her when I lived on a narrowboat on the canal. Her name came up when I joined the Inland waterways group. ambermoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336045464678882082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-55614368203344763632021-04-08T20:08:11.077+01:002021-04-08T20:08:11.077+01:00Rely on "The Jean Miles and Followers" B...Rely on "The Jean Miles and Followers" Book Club for obscure tidbits.Janet McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15880727343480118213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-89902410026127843432021-04-08T18:54:32.533+01:002021-04-08T18:54:32.533+01:00Yes she was married to Kinsley Amis, and before th...Yes she was married to Kinsley Amis, and before that to Peter Scott (wildfowl artist and conservationist, son of Scott of the Antarctic) and then she was involved with the chap who did so much to revive the canals and waterways. Busy lady - how did she find time to write so many books? jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com