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ghostinthelibrarywrites · 9 days ago

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All is bright

For Day 8 of @dbdaghostmas, here's a fluffy little Christmas fic set in the Undead Boy Detectives AU. For anyone who hasn't read the first fic in the series, this one works fine as a standalone. Everything you need to know is in the author's note. You can either read it below or here on AO3.

Prompt: AU

Rating: T

Word count: 3.5K

Relationships: pre-Edwin/Charles

Summary: On their first Christmas after coming back to life, Edwin and Charles try to surprise each other by making their favorite holiday dishes, with mixed results.

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“This cannot possibly be right.” Edwin stares down at the meatballs he’s attempting to cook for Christmas dinner, which look nothing like the picture Crystal showed him on her phone. They look more like the bloody, burnt detritus left by souls trying to escape the river of boiling blood in the Violence level of Hell than anything someone should eat. “Crystal, there is something wrong with that recipe you showed me. These look abysmal.”

“What’s wrong is that the recipe isn’t for cooking meatballs on a hot plate,” Crystal says. “Whoever wrote it expected you to have a stove.”

Edwin sniffs and prods at one of the meatballs. It wobbles distressingly. “It’s hardly my fault you didn’t bother renting a room with a proper kitchen.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. When I rented this room months ago for what I thought would be a few days, I didn’t think I needed to worry about an undead teenage boy trying to make meatballs on my hot plate.”

“Don’t call me undead. It makes me sound like I’m about to start devouring brains.”

She leans over to look into the pot, grimacing. “You know, they have frozen meatballs you can just heat up in the microwave. They won’t even give us all food poisoning.”

“It’s Christmas,” Edwin snaps. “Charles’s mother always used to prepare spaghetti and meatballs on Christmas. He speaks of it often. I doubt that Mrs. Rowland purchased frozen meatballs and microwaved them.”

“Yeah, but she probably knew how to cook the meatballs, which is why it wasn’t food poisoning that killed Charles.”

“The spaghetti turned out fine.” Edwin glances over at the colander full of spaghetti in the sink, which is properly cooked and doesn’t look like it needs immediate medical attention.

“Sure. I hope Charles likes his spaghetti crunchy.”

Edwin rolls his eyes at the ceiling. “If you are such an expert, why don’t you help?”

“Oh, no.” She takes a step back. “I told you, I’ve never cooked anything more advanced than microwavable ramen. My parents hired people to do that for us. Don’t give me that look. Did you ever step foot in your kitchen back in Victorian times, or did you have servants to do that for you?”

“I’ll have you know, I heated myself up some milk once,” Edwin says primly, leaving out the part where he burnt himself and splashed milk all over the place, earning himself a lifetime ban from the kitchen from the unamused cook.

“Wow, a real man of the people,” she deadpans. “I have almond milk in the fridge if you want to serve Charles that for Christmas dinner.”

“How’s it going?” Niko asks in a sing-song voice as she swans into Crystal’s flat.

“They just need a bit more time.” Edwin glares at Crystal, daring her to contradict him.

She takes him up on the dare, the beastly girl. “What they need is a time machine so Edwin could do everything differently.”

“I’m sure they’re—oh.” Niko’s face falls when she spots the meatballs. “You want us to eat those?”

Edwin has rarely suffered such a betrayal. “The recipe Crystal gave me was clearly defective.”

“Obviously,” Crystal says.

“Every year on Christmas, Charles talks about his mother’s spaghetti and meatballs,” Edwin says. “Since we’re alive and most likely won’t be come next Christmas, I’m going to make sure that he has the best Christmas I can give him.”

In the weeks since they came back to life upon their return from Hell, Edwin has slowly readjusted to this new existence of theirs. He’s only walked into a wall while expecting to phase through it once in the past week, which is a vast improvement. He’s even getting used to having to eat and sleep on a regular basis, helped by the fact that he falls asleep listening to Charles’s lovely, familiar voice every night.

Charles, on the other hand, has thrown himself into this second life with gusto. Every good night’s sleep, every snack, every morning feeling the sun on his face (not that there’s much sunlight to be had in Port Townsend in December) is like a little victory for him. Edwin already worries what it will do to Charles, who he recently learned is far less sanguine about his untimely death than Edwin always assumed, when this brief second life is over. So while they’re alive, he’s determined to make everything as perfect as possible for him.

Hence the spaghetti and meatballs.

“Maybe if we cover it, they’ll cook more evenly?” Niko suggests helpfully.

“Or maybe we chuck the whole thing in the trash and order pizza,” Crystal suggests, less helpfully.

“Good thinking, Niko.” Edwin places the lid on the pot. “I am so glad that one of you—”

A shrill wail fills the air. Edwin flinches and slaps his hands over his ears, but it barely muffles the sound.

“The fire alarm,” Crystal shouts, turning an accusing look on Edwin.

“There is no fire!” Edwin jerks his chin at the pot of meatballs, which at least have a lack of fire to recommend them.

“Oh no.” Niko’s eyes go wide. “Charles was doing something in Jenny’s kitchen.”

“What?” Edwin and Crystal demand at the same time. Jenny has been very clear that she “doesn’t do holiday bullshit” and she’d rather face Esther Finch’s giant snake than endure any festivities. She told them all she would be spending the day holed up alone in her flat and that she didn’t want to be disturbed. But if anyone was going to finagle their way into her kitchen, it would of course be Charles.

Her kitchen, which is now apparently on fire.

“Charles!” Edwin turns and races out of Crystal’s room and up the stairs, ignoring Crystal’s shout behind him. Charles is alive and flammable, with lungs that could easily fill with smoke, choking all the air out of him. For the thousandth time in the past few weeks, Edwin curses the frailty of the human body. If Charles is hurt…

He bursts into Jenny’s flat without knocking and finds the smell of something burnt heavy in the air. “Charles!” he shouts again, rushing into the kitchen.

“Mother fucker !” Jenny is currently waving a dish towel at the wailing smoke alarm while a sheepish-looking Charles perches on the counter to pry the window over the sink open. There don’t appear to be any flames, but a cookie sheet filled with burnt, blackened lumps.

“What on earth?” Edwin demands as the smoke alarm’s infernal shrieking finally goes silent.

“Fuck.” Charles leaps down from the counter, grimacing. “Sorry, Jenny. Not sure what happened.”

“What happened,” Jenny hisses. “Is that you hit the broil button and not the bake button.”

“Oh.” Charles looks gobsmacked. “There’s a difference?”

She points to the cookie sheet. “Obviously. When I told you you could use my kitchen, I thought I didn’t have to specify that I didn’t want you to nearly set a fire!”

“I didn’t set it on fire! Just a bit of smoke, is all.”

Crystal and Niko come rushing into the kitchen. “Are you okay?” Niko demands.

“Wow, yes, everyone please come in,” Jenny says. “On this day where I specifically said I wanted to be left alone.”

Crystal ignores her. “What happened?”

“Guess there’s a difference between baking and broiling something, isn’t there?” Charles says a little helplessly.

“There is?” Crystal asks and Edwin realizes he made a grave mistake asking her for her assistance with the meatballs. Not that he knows what broiling means.

“What are these supposed to be?”Niko peers at the blackened lumps.

Charles smiles ruefully. “I was trying to roast chestnuts.”

“Why would you do that?” As far as Edwin knows, roasted chestnuts fell out of vogue long before Charles was born, which he’s always thought was a shame. They were a pleasant treat on holidays.

“Because you once said you liked them, mate,” Charles says.

Edwin blinks. He cannot ever recall discussing roasted chestnuts with Charles.

Seeing his confusion, Charles says, “First Christmas we spent together, remember? We talked about how we would have spent the day, if we were still alive. You said you’d be eating roasted chestnuts and plum pudding.”

“How did you remember that?” Edwin vaguely recalls the conversation, one of many they had about their lives during their first year together. Eventually, the conversations petered out. Perhaps foolishly, Edwin assumed it was because Charles was growing accustomed to his death. Now, he wonders if the subject became too painful as the years went on and Charles realized his life was truly lost forever.

Charles shrugs. “Try to remember things that you like, don’t I? I wanted you to have a proper Christmas, like you would have had back when you were alive before.”

Edwin’s throat suddenly feels tight. How is he supposed to not be in love with Charles Rowland when he goes around remembering a single conversation that they had over three decades ago? And all because he wanted to give Edwin the kind of Christmas he would have had when he was alive back in the 1900s? As if any of those Christmases were an improvement over the ones he’s spent with Charles in their office.

“Jenny wouldn’t let me roast a pheasant,” Charles says.

“Absolutely fucking right I’m not letting you roast a pheasant,” Jenny snaps. “You couldn’t manage roasted chestnuts and plum pudding without nearly burning my building down. Again.”

“Oi, I wasn’t even on this plane last time your building nearly burned down. I was in Hell!”

“Is that what this is?” Crystal points at a pot on the stove, face screwed up in disgust. “Plum pudding?”

Edwin takes a look and shudders. Bits of grayish sludge bob on top of the water.

“Right, I can explain,” Charles says. “The recipe called for putting the pudding into pudding tins and standing them on a trivet over a pot of boiling water. Only problem is that Jenny doesn’t have a pudding tin or a trivet—”

“No, I don’t have a pudding tin,” Jenny snaps. “I’m not Mary fucking Berry.”

“So I thought I’d just put the pudding in a bread tin and let it float in the water. Except, it didn’t float. So now it’s more like pudding-flavored water. Might still be edible, yeah?”

“No,” Crystal and Jenny say at the same time before Edwin can be convinced to eat pudding-flavored water in order to spare Charles’s feelings.

Edwin feels his lips tugging into a hesitant smile. “Charles, you didn’t need to do all this. I know plum puddings and roasted chestnuts aren’t exactly features of a modern Christmas.”

“Yeah, but they were features of your Christmases, and you deserve to have the Christmas you want,” Charles says. “Sorry, mate. I tried.”

Jenny claps her hands, interrupting Edwin’s reply. “Okay, this has been very sweet, but could you two gaze lovingly at each other elsewhere? I’d like to get back to—”

From downstairs, another alarm starts to blare and Edwin remembers the meatballs. “Oh, blast.”

***

Edwin gazes sadly at what’s left of the meatballs, coated in film from Jenny’s fire extinguisher. Even before the fire extinguisher, he doubts there was anything edible about them.

Charles takes a fistful of cold spaghetti from the colander and shoves it in his mouth, grinning. “Cheers, mate. Just like Mum used to make.”

Edwin gives him a withering look, which just makes Charles grin harder.

“Jesus Christ.” Jenny blows out a breath. “I’m ordering Chinese. No one try to cook anything while I'm gone."

***

“This is how I spend every Christmas,” Jenny says later as they gather in her living room, eating directly from takeaway containers. “Eating Chinese food and watching whatever shitty movie is on TV.”

“Alone?” Niko gives her a sad look.

“Yes, alone.” Jenny’s tone goes snappish. “And I’m fine with that, Niko, so don’t try to pull a Hallmark Christmas movie on me. I don’t need to learn the meaning of Christmas. Christmas is about selling more ham and pot roast than I do at any other time of the year.”

“What is a Hallmark Christmas movie?” Edwin asks, which makes Crystal and Jenny groan and Niko beam at him.

After much arguing over the remote and Jenny reminding everyone that this is her apartment and she paid for dinner, they’re watching an attractive couple strolling hand and hand past a display of Christmas lights while the woman says they just don’t have lights like this in Chicago. Edwin has never been to Chicago, but given its size compared to the small town the couple appear to be in, he finds that doubtful.

The food is quite good, at least. Edwin is enjoying his orange chicken immensely while Charles declares his lo mein “almost as good as my mum’s spaghetti.” Most importantly, no one seems to be at risk of getting food poisoning. Niko makes a big deal out of everyone opening their fortune cookies, though Edwin thinks she should have learned her lesson from the cursed magic 8 ball. His fortune says, “Big changes are coming. Embrace them.”

“I hope not,” he says, showing Charles his fortune. “I just came back to life. That’s quite enough change for me.”

“What you’ve always wanted is right in front of you,” Charles reads aloud from his own fortune, before stealing a piece of Edwin’s orange chicken. Through a mouthful of chicken, he says, “Fortune was right, mate. Incredible.”

Edwin rolls his eyes and steals some of Charles’s lo mein in retribution, which just makes Charles laugh.

On the screen, the attractive couple are standing in front of yet another display of Christmas lights while a blandly good-looking man is arguing with the young woman, apparently trying to convince her to come back to “the real world” while a small crowd gathers around them to shake their heads and stare at the man disapprovingly.

“I’d still take this over the Point No Point light show.” Jenny gestures at the TV with her chopsticks. “There aren’t any crying babies and people I knew in high school who won't stop trying to catch up.”

“Point No Point has a light show?” Edwin asks, interest piqued.

“Yeah, but it’s the same stupid displays every year and the same people who want to spend their Christmas overpaying for hot chocolate and jostling with hundreds of other people to see the same displays they saw last year.”

“We could go.” Crystal sets aside her container of fried rice. “We’ve never seen the lights here. It could be fun.”

Jenny looks skeptical, but Niko squeals in delight.

“That’s how me and Edwin spend our Christmases back home. Walking around and seeing all the different lights. Right, mate?” Charles nudges Edwin. “Edwin loves Christmas lights.”

Edwin nods eagerly.

Jenny looks around at all of them with an expression of someone who already knows she’s lost this war. “ Fine. Let me get my coat.”

***

“Dagfinn must hate this,” Charles says cheerfully as they look out across the bay, where the Point No Point lighthouse is festooned with lights, the beacon at its top flashing red and green.

“I imagine so,” Edwin says, since this appears to be the opposite of the solitude the cranky ghost craves. Their little group is surrounded by other people enjoying the view of the lighthouse, with parents hoisting children on their shoulders for a better vantage point and smiling families taking pictures together in front of the lights.

Edwin, who doesn’t normally care for crowds, finds himself unbothered by the crush of people. The lights are lovely as they reflect on the waters of the peaceful bay, which seems mercifully free of sea monsters. With a cup of overpriced hot chocolate cradled in his gloved hands and his breath misting in the air in front of him, he feels something approaching contentment. It’s hard to worry about this second life and what it means when the night is glowing with colorful lights and he’s surrounded by his friends.

“You really like lights, don’t you, Edwin?” Niko asks. “You always used to stare at the cow in Jenny’s shop before Esther blew it up.”

“I liked that cow,” Jenny grumbles, though there’s little rancor in it. She’s sipping on her own overpriced hot chocolate, which seems to have improved her mood.

“I’ve always enjoyed Christmas lights,” Edwin tells Niko. “When I returned from Hell, it was almost Christmas. I remember seeing the lights everywhere and knowing that I was truly free, that I wasn’t going back.”

She smiles a little sadly at that and squeezes his arm. “You’re not going back. Not again.”

Edwin returns her smile, wishing he had her certainty. “Come along, there are more lights to see. I believe that’s a giant seagull up ahead.”

“Oh, a giant seagull!” Looking delighted, Niko grabs Crystal by the hand and drags her away. Jenny follows them, not looking half as exasperated as she seems to be trying to appear.

Charles lingers with Edwin, looking painfully adorable with his face flushed from the cold and his curls sticking out from under the red hat pulled low over his ears. He’s already drunk all his hot chocolate and has the paper cup crumpled up in his hand, tearing little bits off of it.

“You never told me that,” he says, rolling a bit of paper between his fingers. “About coming back from Hell.”

Edwin shrugs. “You’ve seen it. There’s nothing beautiful or decorative down there. You forget things like that can exist if you spend enough time there.” His gaze lingers on the curve of Charles’s lips and the glint of his earring.

Charles bumps his shoulder against Edwin’s lightly. “I’m sorry about the pudding and the chestnut, mates.”

Edwin huffs out a laugh. “Charles, you don’t need to apologize.”

“I made a right mess of things, didn’t I? Just wanted to give you a proper Christmas.”

“This is a proper Christmas.” Edwin gestures at the lights, at the hot chocolate, and at Crystal, Niko, and Jenny, who are up ahead, admiring a display of lights in the shape of a giant seagull about to swoop down on someone’s lunch.

“Not like they were back in your day,” Charles says, sounding genuinely contrite.

“No, because my day was 1916. I won’t pretend that I don’t miss things about those days, but I find the world much improved since then. There’s no world war, for one.” Edwin hesitates, then adds, “And I didn’t have you and the Agency in 1916. Those things are worth the lack of plum pudding, I think.”

That earns him a warm smile. “You saying you like me more than plum pudding, mate?”

“Undoubtedly,” Edwin says. “And I am sorry for the disastrous spaghetti and meatballs.”

“No big deal.”

“I could have poisoned us. I too wanted you to have a Christmas like you enjoyed in your youth.”

Charles lets out a laugh with little humor. “Christmases when I was a kid were mostly watching my dad and uncles drink too much eggnog and wondering what shitty comment of my granddad’s was going to set my dad off so he’d take it out on me and Mum once everyone else went home. The spaghetti was always good though.”

Edwin’s throat feels tight. He wishes he could pop through a mirror to strike fear into Paul Rowland’s shriveled, putrid heart. “And for me, Christmas was usually about wishing the rest of the year could be like those few days. Wishing my father would be home more, wishing my mother would smile more, wishing my brothers wouldn’t ignore my existence. I would take this over those Christmases any day, even if I did enjoy the food. For me, a proper Christmas is just you and me in our office.”

The smile returns to Charles’s face, as bright and beautiful as the lights surrounding them. “Same here, mate. Though this is pretty brills too.” He squeezes Edwin’s shoulder. “Next year, we’ll do Christmas properly, yeah? We can make plum pudding, roasted chestnuts, and spaghetti together.”

“Next year…” Edwin trails off. He was about to remind Charles that they’ll almost certainly not be alive next Christmas. If they’re lucky, they won’t be in Hell. But Charles doesn’t need that reminder. Tonight, neither of them do. “Sounds like a strange sort of Christmas feast.”

“Perfect for us then, isn’t it?”

“I suppose so.” Edwin feels his own lips tugging into a smile at Charles’s enthusiasm.

“And afterwards, we can go walk around and look at the lights, like we always do.”

“If the girls are around, Niko will most likely insist we watch another of those dreadful movies.”

“That’s the kind of stuff you do for family during the holidays,” Charles says with a grin.

Edwin glances over at Niko and Crystal, who appear to be trying to coax Jenny into taking a picture with them in front of the seagull. “I suppose it is.”

Charles slings an arm around Edwin’s shoulder, hugging him against his side. “Next year, mate. Christmas will be perfect.”

Edwin almost tells him that it already is, but bites back the words, because they would give far too much away. So he lets Charles steer him in the direction of the others. And with the weight of Charles’s arm around his shoulders and Christmas lights illuminating the night around them, Edwin lets himself hope for a moment that they’ll get to keep this second life of theirs, if just for long enough that he and Charles can eat spaghetti and plum pudding together next year.

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sleepingdragonhq · 4 years ago

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Hey everyone, under the cut you will find the list of everyone’s costumes as well as lists for the couples romantic and platonic. You can find the poll for the costume contest here. We have added a few more awards this year. As always you vote for the top five in each category, five points for first place, four points for second and so on. You should be voting for individuals in every category except the couples ones. Please vote before the 31st of October as we will be announcing the winners from that point onward. If we have missed any on any of the lists please let us know !!

Aaron Hale - Frankenstein

Adabella Skeeter - Sandy (Grease)

Adeline Mulciber - Beetlejuice

Aiden Wolffe - Bucky Barnes (Marvel)

Aisha Vane - Wednesday Addams (Addams Family)

Alastair Watson - Iron Man (Marvel)

Albus Potter - Victor Van Dort (Corpse Bride)

Alec Fray - Spiderman (Marvel)

Alexander Hawthorne - Ace Ventura (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)

Alison Wood - Ellie Sattler (Jurassic Park)

Alice Longbottom II - Eleven (Stranger Things)

Annika Parkinson - Wonder Woman (DC)

Archer Selwyn - Peter Pan (Disney)

Ariadne McLaggen - Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Ariella Belefleur - Anastasia (Anastasia)

Aryana Robins - Mia Thermopolis (The Princess Diaries)

Ash Highmore - Pot Head

Aurora Claremont - Daphne Blake (Scooby Doo)

Axel Wolffe - Ghost

Benjamin Ollivander - Dr. Facilier (Disney)

Bentley Lockhart - Dorothy (Wizard of Oz)

Brett Holland - Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Brigid Callaghan - Trixie Tang (Fairly Odd Parents)

Caleb Cresswell - Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)

Camille McGonagall - Barbara Maitland (Beetlejuice)

Candice Cresswell - Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

Casey Abrams - Judy Hopps (Zootopia)

Caspian Berrycloth - Zebra

Cassius Cresswell - Ron Swanson (Parks & Rec)

Celestina Shacklebolt - Storm (X-Men/Marvel)

Charlotte Watson - Princess Buttercup (The Princess Bride)

Chase Sayre - Simon Snow (Carry On Series)

Clara Arquette - Cinderella (Disney)

Colm McCarthy - Vampire

Cynthia Clearwater - Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tales)

Cyrus Clearwater - Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Daniel McKinnon - Jason Dean (Heathers)

Darcy Mulciber - Medusa (Mythology)

Declan Rowland - Timmy Turner (Fairly Odd Parents)

Diana Rosier - Anastasia (Anastasia)

Dominique Weasley - Eleven (Stranger Things)

Edith De Lapin - Taylor Swift (Lover Era)

Edward Lupin - Oogie Boogie (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Eleanor Pucey - Harley Quinn (DC)

Electra Carrow - Emily (Corpse Bride)

Elena Flores - Morticia Addams (The Addams Family)

Elide Weasley - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)

Elodie De Lapin - Taylor Swift (Reputation Era)

Erin McCormack - Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)

Evan Parkinson - Captain America (Marvel)

Evangeline Pickering - Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Evelyn Carrow - Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Everett Pickering - Tin Man (Wizard of Oz)

Felix Hopkirk - Thor (Marvel)

Fletcher Duke - Flower Thrower (Banksy Art)

Frank Longbottom II - Nick Wilde (Zootopia)

Fred Weasley - Superman (DC)

Gabriel Larkin - Danny (Grease)

Gale MacDougal - Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)

Grace Turner - Wendy (Peter Pan)

Griffin Jones - Catwoman (DC)

Gwendolyn Hawkes - Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians)

Harper Lee Clark - Princess Anneliese (Princess and the Pauper)

Hazel MacDougal - Cher (Clueless)

Hugo Granger-Weasley - Unicorn

Hunter Adams - Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Jace Greengrass - t-shirt that says “costume”

James Ashcroft - Starlord (Guardians of the Galaxy)

James Potter - Mario (Super Mario Bros)

Jasper Locklear - Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty)

Jaxon DuQuan - Skeleton

Jonah Finch - Joker (DC)

Josephine Flamel - Violet Beauregarde (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

Joshua Selwyn - Spiderman (Marvel)

Juliet Highmore - Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Kristoff Flynn - Gomez Addams (The Addams Family)

Laurel Ollivander - Devil

Layla Rowle - Poison Ivy (DC)

Liam Alvarez - Miles Morales (Into the Spiderverse)

Lily Potter - Max (Stranger Things)

Levi Highmore - Ghost

Long Huojin - Edward Scissorhands (Edward Scissorhands)

Lorcan Scamander - Spiderman (Marvel)

Louis Weasley - Jim Hawkins (Treasure Planet)

Lucienne Wolffe - Scary Alice

Lucy Weasley - Erika (Princess and the Pauper)

Lyra Malfoy - Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)

Lysander Scamander - 7 (7/11)

Mackenzie Potter - Princess Peach (Super Mario Bros)

Madeline Brown - Rachel Green (Friends)

Malachai Arquette - Prince Charming (Disney)

Manon Flamel - Captain Marvel (Marvel)

Marcus Carson - Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones)

Mason Jones - Ghost

Matthew Asprey - Niffler

Matthias Vallois - Dimitri (Anastasia)

Meredith Wayfelle - Coraline (Coraline)

Molly Weasley II - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)

Mortimer Claremont - White Rabbit (Alice in Wonderland)

Natalya Dolohova - Na’vi (Avatar)

Nate Wood - Tyrannosaurus Rex (Jurassic Park)

Nesta Greenwood - Fiona (Shrek)

Nova Slughorn - Devil

Octavia Coleman - Mummy

Odette Flume - Beret Girl (An Extremely Goofy Movie)

Orlando Lockhart - Firefighter

Peggy Carson - Pepper Potts (Marvel)

Penelope Hawthorne - Khaleesi/Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Pepper Rosewood - Pirate

Perseus Mulciber - Khal Drogo (Game of Thrones)

Pippa Rosewood - Pirate

Poppy Zabini - Eleven (7/11)

Rayna Sayre - Rebel Spy (Star Wars)

Reid Anderson - Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)

Rory Goldstein - Owen Grady (Jurassic World)

Scorpius Malfoy - Bas Pitch (Carry On Series)

Sebastian Nott - Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles)

Seraphina Macaulay - Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo)

Seung Krum - Deadpool (Marvel)

Sofia Clarke - Wonder Woman (DC)

Tallulah Abbott - Clown

Theodore Oliver - Hector Rivera (Coco)

Theseus McLaggen - Adam Maitland (Beetlejuice)

Thomas Goyle - The Riddler (DC)

Tobias Atwell - Wolverine (X-Men/Marvel)

Toby Anderson - Westley (The Princess Bride)

Vera McKinnon - Heather Chandler (Heathers)

Verity Nott - Gamora (Marvel/Guardians of the Galaxy)

Victoire Weasley - Jessica Rabbit (Roger Rabbit)

William Ashcroft - Clark Kent / Superman (DC)

Romantic Couples

Aiden & Evan - Bucky Barnes & Captain America

Alastair & Peggy - Tony Stark/Iron Man & Pepper Potts (Marvel)

Albus & Electra - Victor & Emily (Corpse Bride)

Archer & Grace - Peter Pan & Wendy (Peter Pan)

Bentley & Everett - Dorothy & Tin Man (Wizard of Oz)

Chase & Scorpius - Simon & Baz (Carry On Series)

Declan & Brigid - Timmy & Trixie (Fairly Odd Parents)

Frank & Casey - Nick Wilde & Judy Hopps (Zootopia)

Gabriel & Adabella - Danny & Sandy (Grease)

James & Mackenzie - Mario & Peach (Super Mario Bros)

James & Verity - Starlord & Gamora (Marvel/Guardians of the Galaxy)

Jasper & Lyra - Prince Phillip & Princess Aurora (Disney)

Joshua & Seung - Spiderman & Deadpool (Marvel)

Kristoff & Elena - Gomez & Morticia Addams (The Addams Family)

Lysander & Poppy - 7/11

Malachai & Clara - Prince Charming & Cinderella (Disney)

Matthias & Ariella - Dmitri & Anastasia (Anastasia)

Perseus & Penelope - Khal Drogo & Khaleesi/Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Sebastian & Ariadne - Mr. Incredible & Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Tobias & Celestina - Wolverine & Storm (Marvel/X-Men)

Toby & Charlie - Westley & Princess Buttercup (The Princess Bride)

Platonic Couples

Aurora & Seraphina - Daphne & Velma (Scooby Doo)

Axel, Levi & Mason - Ghosts

Alice & Lily - Eleven & Max (Stranger Things)

Eleanor, Griffin & Layla - Harley Quinn, Catwoman & Poison Ivy (DC)

Gale & Juliet - Tenth Doctor & Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Harper & Lucy - Princess Anneliese & Erika (Princess and the Pauper)

Nate & Alison - T-Rex & Ellie Sattler (Jurassic Park)

Pepper & Pippa - Pirates

Theseus & Camille - Adam & Barbara Maitland (Beetlejuice)

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Berne, Emma Carlson. Run Your Own Babysitting Business. 2014. Grades 4-6. You can be an entrepreneur -- Anyone need a babysitter? -- Have a plan -- Building a budget -- Advertise your services -- Organization counts -- Get creative -- Getting down to business -- Are you ready?.

Berne, Emma Carlson. Run Your Own Yard-Work Business. 2014. Grades 4-6. Becoming an entrepreneur -- Your business idea -- Time to make a plan -- The business of budgeting -- Awesome advertising -- Organizing your customers -- Supply yourself -- Getting down to business-- Are you ready?.

Cuban, Mark, Shaan Patel, & Ian McCue. Kid Start-Up: how you can be an entrepreneur. 2018. Grades 4-7. The stars of ABC's Shark tank explain how a kid can discover a great business idea and get it off the ground.

DiOrio, Rana & Emma D. Dryden. What Does it mean to be an Entrepreneur? 2016. Ages 4-8. The word 'entrepreneur' may feel distant to some, but this book, with its elegantly expressed concepts and superb imagery, makes entrepreneurial values accessible to children at a personal level.

Hyde. Natalie. What is Entrepreneurship? 2017. Grades 3-7. Introduction -- What is an entrepreneur -- What does it take to be an entrepreneur? -- What do I need to do before starting a business -- How do I prepare a business plan -- How do I finance my new business -- How do I get my business up and running -- What do I do after I start my new business -- Conclusion.

Mara, Wil. American Entrepreneurship. 2014. Grades 4-6. The business of America : what exactly is an entrepreneur? -- A land of vision : what kind of a person is a 'visionary'? -- The more you know : why is it dangerous to be ignorant? -- America always succeeds -- in the end : what is the best part about failing? -- The 'never quit' attitude : what is the hardest part about having an original idea?

Sutherland, Adam & Mike Gordon. Be a Young Entrepreneur. 2016. Grades 3-7. Use this guide to understand the ins and outs of being a business-minded kid wanting to succeed, to explore your ideas, to gain start-up tips, and to learn the secrets of entrepreneurship.

Blumenthal, Karen. Steve Jobs: the Man Who Thought Different. 2012. Grades 7-9. From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of twenty, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend SteveWozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius--his exacting moderation for perfection, his counterculture life approach, and his level of taste and style that pushed all boundaries. A devoted husband, father, and Buddhist, he battled cancer for over a decade, became the ultimate CEO, and made the world want every product he touched

Felix, Rebecca. Debbi Fields: Mrs. Fields Founder. 2017. Grades 4-6. This title unwraps the life of Mrs. Fields founder Debbi Fields! Readers will follow Fields's journey from her early work with the Oakland A's to her opening of Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery to the nation-wide chain of cookie shops. A timeline, fast facts, infographics, a glossary, an index and color photos supplement easy-to-read text.

Hamen, Susan E. John D. Rockefeller: Entrepreneur & Philanthropist. 2011. Young determination -- The young entrepreneur -- The savvy businessman -- The business of oil -- Standard oil is born -- The standard octopus -- Rockefeller's monopoly -- Rockefeller the philanthropist -- The Rockefellerlegacy.

Polinsky, Paige. American Girl Entrepreneur: Pleasant Rowland. 2018. Grades 4-6. "In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of the American Girl doll, Pleasant Rowland. Follow the story of Rowland as she creates American Girl from the original historical dolls to the updated American Girl of the Year and American Girl of Today to Truly Me and BeForever. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic.

Stille, Darlene R. Madam C.J. Walker: the Inspiring Life Story of the Hair Care Entrepreneur. 2016. Grades 5-7. Madam C.J. Walker worked hard her entire life. The nationally known business leader gave generously of her time and money to further the cause of civil rights. She brought hope and optimism to African-Americans and tirelessly fought for racial equality.

Ventura, Marne. Elon Musk : Entrepreneur and Inovator. 2018. Grades 4-6. Elon Musk is known as a visionary entrepreneur for his work in renewable energy and space technology. Elon Musk: Entrepreneur and Innovatorexplores Musk's vision for improving the world and how he plans to accomplish his ambitious goals. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject.

#book recs #book recommendations #nonfiction #elementary #gro #entrepreneur #biographies #biography

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dee6000 · 3 years ago

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Horrifying, Underreported Murder Of Samantha Josephson By Black Man Who Posted About Hunting White Girls

Here's a story about a horrifying black-on-white crime that received so little publicity that I'd never heard of it.

In March 2019, Samantha Josephson, a white 21-year-old from New Jersey, was finishing her senior year at the University of South Carolina. When she learned she had been accepted to Drexel Law School on a full scholarship, she decided to celebrate at the Bird Dog, a pub in the Five Points night-club area of Columbia. Her boyfriend Greg Corbishly was not with her that night, but she kept in touch by calling and texting.

She called to tell him she had sent for an Uber to take her home, and he tracked her ride, using the Find My Friend app. He knew the route from the Bird Dog to her home; he had taken it many times himself. He noticed that she was going in the wrong direction, and that the app stopped tracking her. He assumed she had left her phone in the Uber car. Josephson’s roommates called him the next morning, saying she had not come home, so he drove two hours to Columbia to look for her….

Miss Josephson’s body was discovered that day by hunters in the woods of New Zion. She had been dumped not far from the home of the parents of the 27-year-old black man — Nathaniel Rowland — who would be charged with her murder.

Mr. Rowland’s trial, which brought to light many details of the murder, began on July 19 and ended on July 27. It was largely ignored by national media; the New York Times never mentioned it, though the Washington Post and New York Post wrote about the trial’s conclusion.

Neither Post would tell you that it was a black man killing a white woman, although the New York Post ran a picture of both killer and victim.

The presiding judge, Clifton Newman, was black, and several of the jurors were black. In opening statements, a white public defender said testimony would show that Mr. Rowland’s car had been used without his permission, and that his father would testify that he was at a party that night, so could not have been the killer. In the end, the defense called no witnesses, and Mr. Rowland did not testify.The Horrible Death of Samantha Josephson, by Anastasia Katz, American Renaissance, August 6, 2021 We know that Nathaniel Rowland killed Amanda Josephson, because there was a lot of evidence. We also know he didn't rape her, because there would have been evidence of that. American Renaissance asks why to both, and the answer is that he apparently enjoyed stalking white women.

[T]here are suggestions that Mr. Rowland was interested in white women. Note the emojis in this photo: a snowflake, a white bunny, and a target.

For many blacks, a white bunny or a snow bunny is a white woman who is interested in blacks. Decide for yourself what the target means.

American Renaissance concludes:

My guess — and it’s only a guess — is that Mr. Rowland wanted to humiliate, rape, and kill a white woman. The sheet over the front seat was surely there to catch blood. Did she fight back and send him into an uncontrollable, murderous, “How-dare-this-white-bitch-fight-me?” frenzy?

We will probably never know. Probably, we are not supposed to know.

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itsnotlater · 5 years ago

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Билет 16.

Reading.

1It tells us about MR Womack’s cottage, his attitude to it. His home is the castle for him; he does everything himself there so it is so dear for him.

2 The last.

3 He is very busy at home; he looks after domestic animals, works in the 4 garden, grow cucumbers. He is skillful and does a lot of work in his house by himself.

4 He calls himself Jack of all Trades, because he is a craftsman and he is able to do everything about his house himself.

Listening.

1 Sally loved writing. She wrote some advice to her friend who was moving and her pen-friend advised her to write a book.

2 Sally’s dad thought it was good, but he didn’t advise her to send it to publishers not to be disappointed if they didn’t like it.

3 Her life didn’t change a lot. But she became more confident and was planning to write one more book.

Билет 17.

Reading.

1 It tells us about M. T., her life was devoted to poor people, she was a simple nun, she did all the best to help the sick and the poor.

2 абз.

3 One day she was on a train, she looked out of the window and saw dirty children sleeping in a doorway. Sick and dying people were lying on streets. She was shocked and decided to work with the poor. She is kind-hearted.

4 She opened a school for the kids from poor families, she stared her own group of nuns who cared about poor and dying people. She also stared homes for children without families.

Listening.

1 Jackie wants to become a PE teacher.

2 She has chosen this profession, because she likes explaining things, helping people, she likes to work with young people, also she likes challenge.

3 It is good for our mental well-being, for health, it keeps physically fit, beaches young people important life lessons: the importance of teamwork, discipline, fairness.

Билет 18.

Reading.

1 It tells us about one of the most magnificent work of art, The Mona Lisa by L. da Vinci. Every hour about 1.500 people visit the Louvre Museum in Paris. It tells us what makes the ML. so special.

3 абз.

3 Mona Lisa’s mysterious smile has fascinated everyone who has ever seen the painting. People find her smile divine; the portrait seems alive and real.

4 It is a masterpiece; it is placed in a specially built area in a room with other great 16th century Italian paintings. Visitors have a better chance to appreciate the painting as a work of art rather than as a tourist attraction.

Listening.

1 Christian wants to become a businessman.

2 Kate needs to learn English for future career. She is going to be a tourist manages.

3 He advises her to speak much as possible when she travels, because practice is important.

Билет 19.

Reading.

1 It is about the Guinness Books of Work Records. There is a wide range of amazing facts on these pages. There is a helpful index in the back of the book, where we can find subjects of interest in an alphabetical order.

1 абз.

3 The collection of records is divided into chapters on Space, Human Achievement, Sports and others. We can read about extremes in these spheres.

4 This book can be interesting for the reader, because there are a lot of amazing facts in this book. It can motivate people to develop their skills and talents.

Listening.

1 When he was 3, his brother was born; his parents decided they needed a larger name so they moved into a rented flat.

2 The flat was not really large. But there were enough places for them and there were two bedrooms, a cozy-living room with a balcony and a bathroom.

3 He is sharing the flat with are person at present.

Билет 20.

Reading.

1 This text is about Dr. Rowland and her test of independent. From this text we find out that modern teenager are not ready for independent life and are not able to do the simplest things around the hour.

1 абз.

3 Parents took the plug off the microwave and took out some good lights bulbs and put in light bulbs that didn’t work. They also made sure that there were other problems in the house: with an Italian coffee machine and one of the taps in the bedroom.

4 On the one hand the children manage solve all the problems, but on the other hand they did in only using money and professional help. So we can say that they are not ready to independent life.

Listening.

1 Tom visited his cousins, who rented a cottage near the seaside. They went water-skilling and had a lot of fun.

2 While the boys were pulling Tom along, the engine suddenly stopped. The boat slowly began to drift out to sea. There was going to be a storm. The sky was dark, the boys were frightened, but soon they saw a life boat.

3 There was going to be a storm, the see was dark and angry it makes him frightened.

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womenofcolor15 · 5 years ago

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Beyoncé & Jay-Z Arrive In The Hamptons With Michelle Williams - Cops Called To Their Mansion After Prank Goes Wrong!

Beyoncé and Jay-Z jetted to The Hamptons to hang out with Michelle Williams after she celebrated 40th birthday last week. A man ended up getting picked up by police after playing a prank outside of the couple's mansion in the Hamptons. More inside...

The Carters are on the move and not for work. All in the name of family and friends.

After partying in the Big Apple to celebrate their niece's 21st birthday, Beyoncé & Jay-Z jetted to East Hampton with Michelle Williams after she celebrated her 40th birthday. The Carters were spotted pulling up to their $26 million, seven-bedroom mansion in The Hamptons, along with Michelle.

Beyoncé & Michelle Williams arriving in The Hamptons this morning. pic.twitter.com/MR99owE3Gq

— BEY HUB (@thebeyhub) August 1, 2019

A fresh faced Mrs. Carter was all smiles as she made her way inside rocking a green snakeskin maxi-dress and booties topped with an army-green coat. Hov kept it laid back in a salmon colored t-shirt, black Adidas track pants, white sneakers and black baseball cap he wore backwards.

The cops were called to the couple's mansion after a prank went terribly wrong.

According to The East Hampton Star, a man pulled up to the couple's East Hampton Village mansion and tried to call up to the house using the driveway's talk box. Apparently, his friend invited him to the mansion and gave him Bey & Jay's address as a prank. Next thing you know, the police was escorting him to the station. The Carters weren't home at the time of the incident.

The site breaks down the details:

Officers were called to a house on Briar Patch Road on Saturday at about 12:30 a.m. after a stranger told security guards he had been invited to the house, which is owned by Beyoncé and Jay-Z. The man had pushed the talk button on the driveway keypad and said he was looking for someone, whose name was redacted from the report. He left the area, but police found him a few driveways away, using a photograph sent to them by the security guards. The man said a friend had invited him to the house and must have been playing a joke. Police escorted him to the East Hampton train station.

Lordt.

By they way...

Blue Ivy Carter, daughter of Beyoncé, just scored her first Billboard Hot 100 hit with "Brown Skin Girl."

She's 7. pic.twitter.com/nAnZLeXi2r

— AJ+ (@ajplus) August 1, 2019

Blue Ivy is following in her parent's footsteps. The 7-year-old just nabbed her first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Brown Skin Gir," acut from Bey's The Lion King: The Gift.

Last week....

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My birthday celebration was a perfect evening of friends and family. One person that was there has known me since I was 7 years old. Many tears were shed because I’m so grateful for life. A BUNNNNNNCH of laughs because the core of people that surround me LOVE to cut up and bring the shenanigans!!Thank you @wrightprods_ for such a BEAUTIFUL evening!! I won’t name other names, y’all already know the part you play in my life and the part you played in making sure my 40th was beautiful. I really just wanted to stay home and binge watch Judge Judy episodes but I have great friends that push me out the house....LITERALLY!! More pics to come!! : @madworksphoto

A post shared by Michelle Williams (@michellewilliams) on Jul 26, 2019 at 12:01pm PDT

Former Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams celebrated her 40th birthday in LA. It's unclear if The Carters were in attendance, however, her DC bandmate Kelly Rowland and her husband, Tim, were there to celebrate.

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Ok Ok! I have truly shared morrrrrrrrrre than I normally share. These pics from my birthday dinner tell such a great story!! My favorite is @kellyrowland dipping her fork in what may be her husband @timspoon’s plate! Ladies, we all do that! My other favs: @thejorgyporgy walking in the party ready to TURN UP within 2 seconds. Orrrrr @kymmyizabeauty sharing a story that @timspoon started to share based off a cool ice breaker exercise......you guys this party lifted more spirits than my own and that’s all I want to continue to do! Be a light and help lift spirits as long as I live!! God has been sooooooooooo good and I thank Him for all He has done in my 40 years of life! ————————————— Hosted by: Prince Adewale and @dramiraogunleye Event planner: @wrightprods_ Cake: @rockiiescakes Cake topper: @caketoppersbyjen Photography: @madworksphoto Love: friends and family who took time out their day from near or far!!

A post shared by Michelle Williams (@michellewilliams) on Jul 27, 2019 at 11:10am PDT

2018 was a rough year for The Journey to Freedom singer after getting engaged, starring on reality television (which was a trainwreck) and then calling off the engagement and admitting herself to a mental health rehabilitation facility.

This year, the former Destiny's Child singer seems to be working on herself and even her relationship with her ex-fiance Chad Johnson. In May, the former couple was spotted at the Kentucky Derby looking very coupled up after they called off their engagement in December 2018. At least they're seemingly on good terms.

Happy Belated Birthday, Michelle!

Photos: Splash

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heavenhelpthesecurves · 6 years ago

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Answer time!

1: Kitchen Counter, Couch, or on top of the dryer? (Ooooo dryer!)

2: Your last sexual encounter: Good or Bad and why: (ehhh routine since I don’t remember anything special about it 🤷‍♀️)

3: A fictional person that you think would be good in bed: (shemar moore in anything ever)

4: Something that never fails to make you horny- (neck kisses)

5: Where is one place you would never have sex: (morgue?)

6: The most awkward moment during a sexual experience was when (I totally accidentally peed on someone 🙈)

7: Weirdest thing that ever made you horny: (a haircut)

8 What is the best way to sexually bind someone: Handcuffs, Rope, or Other [if other please explain]: (Ropes)

9 What is the fastest way to make you horny: (hand on the thigh)

10 Top or bottom? (Bottom)

11 We were about to (fuck) but then I (farted) [example: we were about to have sex but then his mom walked in]

12 Is one orgasm enough? Are multiple orgasms necessary? (Oh gosh I mean the more the merrier)

13 Something that you have hidden in your room that you don’t want anyone to find: (ugly underwear- ya know period panties- they’ve been through it!)

14 Weirdest nickname a significant other has ever called you: (ummm honestly don’t know that I’ve ever had one)

15 Two things you like [or dislike] about oral sex: (when their toes curl 🥰 or they push your head down)

16 Weirdest sexual act some has performed [or tried to perform] on/with you: (ummm I think titty fucking is just weird like...bruh there’s a pussy right there though 🤷‍♀️)

17 Have you ever tasted yourself? [If no, would you?] [If yes, what did you think?] (yes, I mean it was alright?)

18 Is it ever okay to not use a condom: (I mean yes- committed relationships?)

19 Who was the sexiest teacher you ever had? (Oh gosh probably mr winkler)

20 A food that you would like to use during a sexual experience: (whip cream)

21 How big is too big: (anything over 9?)

22 One sexual thing you would never do: (never say never?)

23 Biggest turn on: (sweaty hardworking man or thick thighs on a woman🤤)

24 Three spots that drive you insane: (neck, thigh, back)

25 Worst possible time to get horny: (funeral)

26 Do you like it when your sexual partner moans: (yasss feedback 👏👏)

27 Worst sexual idea you ever had: (handcuffs - they’re not flexible)

28 How much fapping is too much fapping: (if it interferes with your ability to get off with a real person you’re doing it tooooo much)

29 Best sexual complement you ever got: (good head 🤷‍♀️)

30 Bald, landing strip, Jumanji: (BALLLLD!)

31 Is it good sex if you don’t nut: (truth)

32 Fill in the blank: "If they ____(smoking?)______, we are fuckin"

33 What your favorite part of your body: (thighs)

34 Favorite foreplay activities: (just touch me for the love of god, tease me)

35 Love (>) Sex For those of us who don’t remember our math thats “greater than, less than, or equal to]

36 What do you wear to bed? (T-shirt’s and boyshorts yasss)

37 When was the first time you masturbated: (high school)

38 Do you have any nude/masturbating pictures/video of yourself? (Nudes, tried a video once ehhh I’ll have to try again later)

39 Have you ever/when was the last time you had sex outside? (Never but I want toooo!)

40 Have/would you ever have sex outside? (Ummm yeah no)

41 Have/would you ever had a threesome? (I have and would again yes)

42 What is one random object you’ve used to masturbate? (Toothbrush handle🙈)

43 Have/would you ever masturbate at work/school? (If the mood was right)

44 Have/would you ever have sex on a plane? (Heck yeah)

45 What is one song you’d like to have sex to? (Motivation- Kelly Rowland)

46 What is something nonsexual that makes you horny? (Haircuts -idk!)

47 Most attractive celebrity? (Shemar Moore)

48 Do you watch gay/lesbian porn? why/why not? (Hell yes)

49 If a child was born on the occasion of the last time you had sex, how old would that child be right now? (It would still be cooking?)

50 Has anyone ever posted nude pictures of you online? (Probably?)

51 What is one thing that NEVER makes you horny? (Feet)

52 Do you have stretch marks? (How do you feel about them? Has anyone ever had a problem with them?) (yes sure do fuck em if they hate it)

53 Do you like giving head? (why/why not) (yassssss it turns me on seeing you turned on)

54 How do you feel about tattoos on someone you are interested in? (Sure!)

55 How would you feel about taking someones virginity? (Ehhhh I don’t like to deflower)

56 Is there any food you would NOT recommend using during a sexual encounter? (Lol anything I’m allergic to)

57 Is there anything you do on Tumblr that you would not like your significant other to see? (Nahhh I’m open)

58 Do you own any sex toys? (what is it? (how long have you had it?) (yassss vibrators for dayzzzz around 7 years?)

59 Would you give your significant other unrestricted access to your Tumblr for a day? (Sure I ain’t got nothing to hide)

60 Would you be offended if your significant other suggested you get plastic surgery? (Not if they wanna pay for it)

61 Would you rather be a pornstar or a prostitute? (Pornstar!)

62 Do you watch porn? (Yes)

63 How small is too small? (If I’m like...is it in?) lmfao

64 Have you ever been called a freak? Why? (Lol yes. And because I’m open)

65 Who gave you your last kiss? Did it mean anything? (Vince, yeah)

66 Would you switch phones with your significant other for a day? (Lol yeah and I bet he’d end up single af)

67 Do you feel comfortable going "commando"? (Ehhh my Butts too big for that shit)

68 Would you have a problem with going down on someone if they hadn't shaved their pubic hair? (Done it before just like a safari)

69 If you could give yourself head, would you? (Pass- no)

70 Booty or Boobs? (Fuck this is hard but boobs)

71 If you had a penis/vagina, what would you name it? (Snoopy)

72 Have you ever been on an official date? (no)

73 Have you ever cheated on someone? (Why?) (yes- it’s complicated)

74 If you were a stripper, what would your name be? (Miley Cyrus)

75 Have you ever had sex in your parents bed? (Would you?) (yes lol hush)

76 How would you react if you found out your parents had sex in your bed? (Id rather not know)

77 What was your reaction the first time you saw a penis/vagina (that’s supposed to go where?)

78 If you had a penis/vagina for a day, what are five things you would do? (Helicopter, beat my meat, have sex, go to a nude beach, measure it)

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WI - WR - Historical Bristol Street Directory 1871

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Wilder Street, North Street to Grosvenor Road

John Smith, lath render J. T. Ball and Sons, maltsters, etc John Summerville, builder, etc Charles Pitman James Merry, black smith John Tucker Thomas Davis, chimney sweep

William Sherring, nail manufacturer William Nichols – In October 1884 he was 14 years old, living with his parents in Baptist Mills and working at Messrs W Sherring of Wilder Street, a nail manufactory. Whilst carrying iron from the bins he slipped and fell against the flywheel. By the time the machine was stopped, he was dead. There was a fence around the machine, but the workers were in the habit of ��pushing it aside’.

Withy & Co. ginger-beer, lemonade & soda-water manufacturers James Williams, 1, Cave street cottages Eliza Snow, fly proprietor, 2, Cave street cottages Joseph Johnson, carpenter & undertaker, 3, Cave street cottages George Smith, boot maker William Lambert, grocer, etc Joseph Chard, baker & flour dealer J. Andrews, chimney sweeper Ann Winniatt, shopkeeper Joshua Williams, builder George Mico, grocer Mary Weston, greengrocer James Seamer, beer seller

Mrs William Paul, vict, Two Trees 1794. John Lewis / 1806. Isaac Phipps / 1816. Stephen Seager / 1820 – 22. J. Morrosson / 1823 – 32. Samuel Morrosson 1834 – 45. James Vickery / 1847 – 61. James Bale / 1863. Edwin Hamber / 1865 – 69. George Lambourne / 1871. Mrs. Paul 1872 – 75. George Wintle (jnr) / 1877 – 78. Sarah Sowden / 1879 to 1882. John Sharp / 1883. C. Tomkins.

George Howard, vict, Albion Tavern 1841 – 53. Elizabeth Morrison / 1858 – 66. Henry Couzens / 1867 to 1868. W. Watts / 1869. Francis Virtue / 1871. George Howard 1872 to 1875. S. Barton / 1876. T. C. Manning / 1877. S. Balderson / 1878. C. Wyman / 1879. Samuel Harris / 1882 – 83. William Tarr 1885 – 88. William Bailey / 1889. George Clohesey / 1891. Sarah Ann Knight / 1892. Rosina Pollard / 1896 – 99. Charles Spiller 1901. Edward Coles.

Charles King, vict, Royal Oak 1832 – 34. Henry Watkins / 1869. George King / 1871. Charles King / 1872 to 1874. Mabel King / 1875 – 83. Isabella King 1885. George Knott / 1886 – 1909. Frederick King / 1914 – 17. Ellen White / 1921 – 25. Angelina Reed.

James Newman, vict, Crown 1860. John Yeandel / 1866 – 82. James Newman / 1883 to 1887. Kate Morgan / 1888 to 1891. Kate Rowles / 1892. Thomas Dinan 1896 – 1901. George Jenkins.

James Nash, vict, Royal George 1860. Ann Mundy / 1863 – 72. James Naish / 1874 – 81. Joseph W. Keall / 1882 – 87. William Clements / 1889 – 1901. James Thatcher.

Notes

Harry Dimmock – Living at Wilder Street, he was buried at St Paul on January 19th 1839 aged 71.

Ann Roach – Aged 21 in November 1842, she was taken to the Infirmary as while she was crossing Wilder Street she was knocked down by a fly (cab) which passed over her leg and injured it severely.

Wildgoose Cottages, St Philip’s Marsh

Wilkin’s Cottages, Folly Lane

William Street, Grosvenor road to Ashley Road

1. Maria Fuller 2. William Barter 3. Samuel David White 4. Henry Critchett 5. George Hill 6. James Wilmot 7. Herbert Cousins 8. George Browning 9. Charles Williams 10. Henry Hobbert 11. John Edward Sollis 12. Henry Tom Moody 13. David Bank Edwards 14. William Henry Thomas 15. John Goodeve, tea dealer

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G Drake – Lived at 31, King Square. On 2nd March 1899 wrote to the newspaper stating that John Drake carpenter convicted of theft at the assizes was no connection. He did have a son called John who was also a carpenter who resided at 25, William Street, St Pauls.

William Street, Dings

Samuel Isles, beer retailer (Off Licence) Francis Evans, grocer

William Street, Pylle Hill, Totterdown

2. Edwin Nott, haulier 3. George and Henry Roe 74. Henry Haskins, baker, Victoria house

1. Gilbert Babbage, vict, King William Hotel 1868 – 69. Aaron Davy / 1871 – 83. Gilbert Babbage / 1885 – 88. Matilda Morse / 1889 – 91. Henrietta Thomas 1892 to 1896. John Southwood / 1897. Joseph Gair / 1899. H. Smith / 1904. Emily Newman / 1909. Joseph Gullock 1912 – 21. Florence Annie Geh / 1925 – 38. Frederick Grove.

Williams’ Court, off Barton Street

Richard Excell – Aged 46 in 1818, a shoemaker living with his wife in Williams’ Court, Barton Street, they, were receiving relief payments from St Peter’s Hospital.

Willway Street, Philip Street, Bedminster

Robert Lewis, grocer William Morgan, mason

George Parker, vict, Willway Tavern 1871. George Parker / 1872 to 1886. Herman Tozer / 1887 – 89. Elizabeth Tozer / 1891 – 1906. Alfred Tozer 1909. William Saunders / 1914 – 21. Leonard Wyatt / 1925 – 31. Robert Wyatt.

Samuel Hardwick, vict, Eagle Tavern 1871 – 77. Samuel Hardwick / 1878. Eli Bowditch / 1881 – 82. William Fewings / 1883 – 91. William Hill / 1892. Joseph Wring 1896. Mary Jane Wring / 1899. Henry Nichols / 1901. William Bryant / 1904. M. Broomsgrove.

Jesse Bumbold, vict, Chequers Tavern Whitehouse Lane / Willway Street. 1865 – 87. Jesse Rumbold / 1888 – 99. Benjamin Rowse / 1901. Henry Pillinger / 1904 – 06. Mary Hampton / 1909. Henry Hampton 1914. William Bailey / 1917 – 21. Albert Evans / 1925 – 28. Nellie Catherine Foxwell / 1931. Gabriel Biggin 1934 – 38. William James Rowland.

Willway Street, Whipping Cat Hill to Lucky Lane

15. Thomas Chinnock, dairyman Wethered, Cossham, and Wethered, coal merchants, Railway yard

16. J. Gazzard, grocer and beer retailer, vict, Beaufort Arms grocery, bakery and beer house. 1870 – 76. Joseph Gazzard / 1881 – 86. William Bowyer / 1888. H. Maynard / 1888 – 89. John H. Kennard / 1891. Charlotte Baker 1892. George Dunn / 1899. Elizabeth Gulley / 1901 – 06. Hannah Underdown / 1914. Harry Stubbins.

Wilmot’s Crescent, Rose Street, Great Gardens

Wilmot’s Vale, Pipe Lane, Temple

Wilson Avenue, Wilson Street to Cross Gardens

(Beaufort Cottages)

Mark Appleby Charles W. Porter John Woodward, carpenter and builder Elizabeth Thomas

(Beaufort Place)

John Purnell George Dowling, smith Charles Cockle James Bailey Thomas Wright Edwin Mutton, boot maker

Wilson Court, Wilson Street

Wilson Place, Wilson Street

John Gore, 1, Wilson villas William Mortimer, 2, Wilson villas John Edwards, Aldine cottage M. Bendell, Gloster cottage John Cockle Joseph Baker John Kirby M. Fowler William Thompson John Southern John Cudler, mason Joseph Davis, painter

Wilson Street, Portland Square to Cross Gardens

1. Charles D. Hall, relieving oﬁicer 2. George Higgs Masters 3. William Wills, (post office) 4. Mrs Parry 5. Angus Cameron, draper 6. Henry Jones, carpenter 7. Miss Louisa Roberts 8. James Perry, boot maker 9. Joseph Griffin 10. William Ackland 11. William Smith 12. Charles Allen 13. David Griffin 14. Amos Deacon 15. Edward Taplin 16. Thomas Jones (Gideon Cottages Intersect) 13. James Burrell 14. George Winterson, mason 15. Charles Cuthbert 16. Daniel Chapple 17. James Larcombe, grocer & beer seller 18. Mrs Cox 19. John Routley, grocer & beer seller (cross over)

St. Paul’s National School, Henry George Clevely, master, Miss Wood, mistress – see below

19. John Clark 20. Mary Smith 21. John Marsh, wood carver 22. Samuel Pullin 23. David Williams 24. John Wakley, mason 25. Thomas Wall 26. Jane Ash 27. Elizabeth Holder 28. James Kingcott, tailor and draper 29. Frank Webb 30. George Adlam, junr. 31. Charles Phillips Robert Nicholls 32. John Evans 33. Priscilla Mainwaring 31. Malcombe Robertson, tailor, etc 35. Sidney Sprod 36. John Postance 37. R. S. Deacon 38. Nathaniel Davis

Wright and Butler, lamp manufacturers of Birmingham. 1875 exhibited petroleum heating stoves at the 1875 Smithfield Club Show. Oil lamps with the American-style circular ‘The Union Burner’. By 1913 they had been taken over by Falk Veritas of London but use of the Trade name continued.

Parochial Schools, Wilson Street, St Pauls In 1883 225 boys, 162 girls. In 1898 185 boys, 162 girls. Some members of staff as listed in directories, etc: George Vernon (Teacher), Miss F Perry (Teacher) 1861 Mr Clevely (Teacher), Miss Roberts (Teacher) 1883.

Notes: In 1858 John Henry Trinder who had been a pupil teacher at the school was made a Queen’s Scholar, being entitled to 3 years’ education at one of Her Majesty’s Training Colleges free of charge. At the annual school treat in July 1861 400 children were present in the morning when they were examinaed in Scripture by Rev H Rogers, the incumbent and in grammar, gepgraphy and arithmetic by their respective teachers. In the evening there was a substantial tea in the school room which had been decorated with flowers and mottos. In the centre was suspended a white silk banner with a bridal rosette in the middle, as a token of regard of the incumbent’s daughter, Mary Anne Rogers, who had married Thomas Byard Winter Sheppard the previous week. The banner bore the words ‘God bless our pastor’s daughter – Happiness attend her’ in blue lettering.

George Vernon was Master for 18 years and in July 1868 he left to take up the Mastership of the Earl Ducies schools at Tortworth. Several of his past students started a collection and in the end there were 169 subscribers who gave a total of £25. He was presented with an English gold lever watch with guards and appendages and there was enough left over for a pair of vases for Mrs Vernon. At the presentation on July 20th he was also awarded an illuminated text. Edward William Clevely was the second son of George and Emma Clevely. He died aged 22 in October 1884. In July 1886 Ada Reilly Sims passed the examination for admittance to Red Maids.

Notes

Henry Flower – A groom in the service of Mr Tucker of Surrey Mews. He lived at 10, Wilson Street, St Pauls. In July 1885 he was riding a horse through Cumberland Street when the animal slipped and he sustained a compound fracture of the left leg.

Wilson Terrace, Wilson Street

1. Joseph Bridges 2-3. Harriett Thomas 4. George Case 5. William Blake, tailor 6. S. Barrett, painter, etc 7. Alfred Tucker 8. James Stokes

Windmill Hill, Whitehouse Lane

Edward Edgar, beer retailer Edward Parsons, grocer James Webber, boot maker, Clifton view cottage Mrs Gummer, shopkeeper Albert Stone, Bethel Chapel (Congregational) founded 1855. Windmill Hill Board School. Architect A R F Trew.

Sarah Annie Jones, vict, Rising Sun Alfred Road (Windmill Hill) 1853 – 63. William Old / 1871 – 72. Sarah Jones / 1874. William Cheeseman / 1875 to 1888. William Allen / 1889 – 92. John Crossman 1896 – 1917. William Haines / 1928 – 31. James Templar / 1933 – 50. William King / 1953. Walter Lippiatt.

William Bray, vict, Friendship Windmill Hill. 1871 – 1909. William Bray / 1914. Henry Bray / 1917 – 21. Maurice Gould / 1925. Rosina Gould / 1928 – 31. Rosina Parfitt 1935 – 38. Frederick Burchill / 1950 – 53. Frederick Thorne / 1960. R. C. Loveridge / 1975. D. W. Hooper.

Edwin Griffiths, vict, Saddler’s Arms 1871. Edwin Griffiths.

(Providence Place)

Ann Callow, grocer George Merritt, butcher

Stephen Hopper Hemmings, vict, Spotted Horse Providence Place (Mill Lane) 1842 – 58. Henry Wakefield / 1860 – 69. Samuel Barber / 1871 – 72. Stephen Hopper Hemmings / 1874 – 78. William Davey 1879. George Parker / 1881 – 97. Isaac Gould / 1899. William Brayley / 1904 – 38. Alfred Giles / 1944 – 50. Albert May 1953. Ernest Edward May.

Henry Parker, vict, Colston’s Arms Providence Place, Mill Lane. 1775. Evan Williams / 1792. John Cox / 1837 – 40. James Parker / 1842 – 87. Henry Parker / 1888 – 1901. Charles R. Parker 1904. Frederick Bishop / 1904 to 1908. William Hamlyn / 1909 – 21. Thomas Horner / 1925 – 44. Edwin Nathaniel Watkins 1950 – 53. Frederick Prideaux.

Notes

John Cox (d. January 1899) Aged 43 of Alfred Road, Windmill Hill, found dead in bed. Inquest revealed he suffered pains in his chest. Verdict cardiac failure.

John Howell (d. February 1872) He was 46 when he was found dead in a limekiln on Windmill Hill. His wife Eliza, who had been separated from him for 5 years said he had formerly been a cooper, but due to drink he had had a paralytic seizure and had been put in the workhouse.. He had however left the day before and slept in the kiln where he was found dead by George Rogers a limeburner, on arriving for work.

Windmill Hill Terrace, Windmill Hill

New Mission, Windmill Hill This was opened in August 1884. Rev Canon Mather speaking at the ceremony said many years ago he had unsuccessfully tried to get a church built in the area and was glad to see that there was now a mission rooms. It was beautiful, inexpensive but in want of so many things, not even a harmonium as the one that was there that day had been lent to them. The room was capable of holding 230 people, being 45′ 6" by 20′ 6" with a gallery at one end and a movable platform at the other. On top of the building was a gilded weathervane representing a windmill. A design for a church had been approved at that time, but money was required to carry out the building of it.

Windsor Court, Blackfriars, Lewin’s Mead

Blackfriars Board School, Maudlin Street. Some members of staff as listed in directories, etc: J Whippey (Master), Miss Sophia Vigor (Mistress) 1883-1865 Miss Mitchell (Mistress) 1898.

Moravian Day, Sunday and Infant Schools, Blackfriars and Maudlin Street. In 1872 for 100 boys and 100 girls. Some members of staff as listed in directories, etc: Mr Stockman (Master, Miss Vigor (Mistress) 1872.

Windsor Court, Temple Street

Windsor Court, Kingsland Road

Windsor Terrace, Whitehouse Lane

William H. Gregory, chemist Thomas Webb, greengrocer Samuel Hignell, grocer, etc

John Perrett, vict, Forester’s Arms Whitehouse Lane. 1871. James Perrett / 1872. John Perrett / 1874 – 77. James Crof / 1879 – 89. Wellington Beaven / 1891 – 1917. William Evans 1921 – 35. Arthur Evans / 1936 – 1937. Caroline Evans / 1937. Grace Johnson / 1944 – 53. Caroline Sutor.

Notes

Henry Dalton – In February 1872 he was 35 years old, a labourer of 28, Windsor Terrace, Bedminster. He had been unloading bags of sugar from the ship Zanzibar, when he stumbled and fell about 20 feet into the hold and died on the spot. An inquest was held.

Windsor Terrace, Granby Hill, near Paragon, Clifton

1. Joseph Tinn 2. Mrs McGeachey 3. Michael Castle 4. Rev. Walter J. Whiting 5. Isaac Allan Cooke 7. Henry Tayler 10. Miss P. Usher Herbert De Winton, Windsor villa William F. Fox, 1, Windsor place Arthur Carter, 2, Windsor place

Windsor Terrace, St Paul’s

1. William Garrard 2. Robert Couch 3. Samuel James Toleman 4. Mary Matthews 5. Thomas Austin 6. Noah Browning 7. Charles Wathen 8. Sarah Harding 9. William Besley (police)

Windsor Terrace, Totterdown

Mark Thomas George Richardson, shipping agent W. Bucknell Thomas Powell Felix Raistrick Charles Thomas, builder Robert Goddard John Wallbridge William Paul, mason Charles Woodman, cooper J. L. Vincent, pianoforte tuner

Windsor Terrace, Woolcott Park

Henry Long Benjamin Vowles James Heard J. R. Freeman Charles Blackburn Herr Voit, professor of music George Vinney Miss Chapple George Towning H. R. Wheeler James Chard, British schoolmaster Alfred R. Watson, professor of music H. Evans W. French, grocer & provision factor

Notes

George Wolfe 1834-1890 Born in Bristol, adopted in early life by a Mrs Buckley of Windsor Terrace, Clifton. Painted marine views and landscapes, oil and watercolour. On his marriage went to live in Hampshire.

Wine Street, Corn Street to Narrow Wine Street

1. Mary Bell, ﬁshmonger & fruiterer J. W. Trew, surveyor F. Powell, lithographer 2-3. William and Alfred Edwards, hosiers, glovers, etc 4. Samuel Miller, stationer, fancy depot 5. George Nattriss, confectioner 6. Cotterell Brothers, paper-hangings manufacturers 7-8. O’Handlen & Co., umbrella & ﬁshing tackle manufacturers 9. Samuel J. Burman, watch maker, etc 10. Charles M’Millan, tailor and draper 11-13. A. T. Maishman, milliner and fur manufacturer 14. Baker & Burt, ladies’ outﬁtters, etc 15-16. Charles and Son, tailors 17. Ridler, Coulman, & Co. Manchester warehousemen, etc 18. Joseph Vincent, brush & comb maker 19. G. Edwards and Son, outﬁtters 20. John Catlin, brush and comb maker 21. Edward John, hat maker 21. O. Ransford, wholesale hat maker 22. James Candy & Son, linen warehouse 23. John Stroud, chemist 24-26. John W. Langdon & Co. woollen merchants 27-28. Gray & Co., milliners, etc 29. J. Barker, glass and china warehouse 30. William Pockson & Son, fringe and fancy warehouse 31. Maurice Michael, watchmaker and pawnbroker 32. Wills, Biggs and Williams, general warehousemen 33-35. S. Weston, milliner and mantle warehouseman 36. Thomas Bale, watchmaker, etc 37. Martin Wintle, silk mercer, etc 38. Henry Peart, straw warehouse 39. Hillyer & Trew, hosiers & lacemen 40. Thomas Thompson, hosier & laceman 41. Henry Jacob Allis, watch maker 42. David Hyam, outﬁtter 43. Sharp and Granger, linen drapers 44. Todd and Co. outﬁtters 45-47. Snow and Taylor, linen drapers, silk mercers, etc 48. Coombs & Co. woollen drapers 49. J. Lodge & Co. bonnet, fur, and mantle warehouse 50-54. Baker, Baker, & Co. warehousemen, drapers, etc 55. Richard Taylor, linen draper, etc 56-60. Jones & Co. linen drapers, etc 61-62. D. P. Belﬁeld & Son, toy & fancy goods warehouse 63-64. J. A. Hodgson, hosier and outﬁtter 65. J. Baker, hosier and shirt maker 66. Maurice Moore, tobacconist and foreign money exchange 67. Thomas W. Tilly, hat & umbrella maker & fancy bag dealer

Adam and Eve, Wine Street (also listed as Wine Street Passage) For sale on 19th January 1860 as in the possession of George Knowland under lease for 14 years from 14th September 1857, rent £105. Freehold and free. Listed in Inn and Commercial Tavern section.

Information on landlords: F Probart 1824 Edwin Ward 1836-40 George Knowland 1852 G Knowland 1867 George Frederick Knowland 1878 Elizabeth Knowland 1882. Notes: Richard Trotman described as ‘late landlord’ died aged 46 at Coronation Road on March 20th 1840.

Notes: Mr Knowland had a disagreement with T Jones of Jones & Co when the firm’s new store was being erected in Wine Street owing to a part of a cellar used by Mr Knowland being purchased by Mr Jones during the construction. This boiled over on 1st May 1855. Mr Jones had been celebrating a win in Chancery with a group of friends at the house of Mr McMillan, consuming half a dozen bottles of champagne between them which they decided would benefit froma a brandy and water chaser. So they went to the Adam and Eve, whereupon Mr Knowland burst out, grabbed Mr Jones by the collar, pushed him against a wall and swore that he would not enter. After asking him by letter to apologise and send an amount to the Bristol Infirmary, to which there was no reply, Mr Jones brought a case against Mr Knowland that was heard at the Tolzey Court in July. After hearing the evidence the Recorder stated that it would be better settled out of court, which was done.

In 1856 John Baker was charged at Bristol Police Court with stealing three coats from the tavern, the property of Mr Knowland, the landlord. Baker, a recruit, to whom Mr Knowland was said to have shown great kindness, was said to have confessed his guilt and to be very contrite and on the landlord.s intercession the charge was dropped and Baker handed over to his sergeant.

In January 1870 it was reported that for many years Mr Knowland had placed on the smoking tables each Saturday a box in aid of the Royal Infirmary and General Hospital, He had regularly, until recently before his health failed, shaken the box before each customer in the 2 rooms with a friendly request for a penny. The collection for 1861 amounted to 25 guineas, in 1869 was £25 4s.

Mr Knowland was also a visitor at St Peter’s Hospital and Robert James ‘a big powerful man’ who had been an inmate and knew him from this work was taken to court on 1868 for threatening him when he would not offer employment. In 1883 Mrs Knowland reported the collection boxes holding £2 12s 8d.

In March 1884 Albert O’ Brien and Albert Richards were charged with having stolen a pint measure from the pub. It was noticed by a policeman that the measure was marked with ‘Knowland, Adam and Eve’ on the side. O’Brien said that he had ordered the beer just before closing time and could not finish it all so he had taken the cup away and was going to return it the next week. They were fined 11s without costs.

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George Beard – In October 1892 was charged along with his elder brother George, with stealing dress material and other goods from Messrs Jones in Wine Street. George had been employed by the firm as a porter for 2 years. A shop assistant, Helen Anstey stated that she had cut a length of dress material and put it aside and when she returned it was missing. At 6pm George asked her for paper to wrap a parcel and when she followed him the cloth was found there. He pleaded guilty and when he was accompanied to 2, Orchard Street, the Batch, where he lived other pieces of material were found there. His brother lived in 54, Goodhind Street , where more material was found.

Eliza Emily Cottrell, of Wine Street. Declared bankrupt 2nd June 1868.

Joseph Dyer – A lodging house keeper of Wine Street, inserted a notice in the newspaper, February 1818, expressing thanks to the Governor, Deputy Governor and Guardians of the Poor for not prosecuting him ‘for suffering Margaret Thomas, a single woman to lye in at my house of a Bastard Child, thus bringing a charge upon the parish of St Peter’.

Widow Foord – In 1757 was a glover. Lived near the Corn Market in Wine Street.

Catherine Forster (d. 18th January 1805) Eldest daughter of Mr Joseph Forster formerly an apothecary in Wine Street. Died in her 30th year of a consumption ‘as did her two sisters, a few years past.’ according to obituary notice.

Ralph Oliff – Landlord of the Three Tuns In Wine Street. Was sheriff in 1664 and mayor in 1673 and it is claimed he said he took office ‘solely to persecute the Nonconformists.’ Died aged 64 and was buried in the chancel of All Saints.

Mrs Oxley – In 1827 she and three of her children perished in a fire in Wine Street.

Philip Scapulis (d. 1590) Originally from Trier, a stationer lived in Wine Street. In 1577 he was involved (with others) in a dispute with the Attorney General regarding whether their houses which had previously belonged to the Merchant Tailors’ Guild were therefore property of the Crown It was decided by jury that this was not the case. Wife Elizabeth, daughter Margaret, who was born in 1581 and died 4 years later. It is unlikely that he had any other children as they are not mentioned in his will which left bequests to cousins and godsons, neighbours and an ex-apprentice Richard Foorde.

Businesses Wine Street

The Don, 45 and 46 Wine Street (Clothing) The Bristol branch of the Don opened in 1883 under Manager W H Forsyth, who presided over a staff of 30. was one of many in towns throughout England. The upper floor housed workrooms, where at the end of the 19th century sewing machines were ‘driven by an engine, also acting as the motor for the dynamo forming the generator for the electric light installation.’ The height of technology in the high street.

While bespoke tailoring was carried on using these sewing machines, the ready to wear items were made at Stroud. This enabled them to charge the customer only one shilling per ready-made item over the cost price. The handsome premises were destroyed during the Second World War, although the company carried on. Moving to the top of Park Street, particularly noted in the later years as recommended suppliers of school uniforms.

Parnall & Sons, Narrow Wine Street Parnall’s – much more than shop fitters, although this advertisement was specifically aimed at the grocery trade.

H G Parnall founded the business in 1820 and in 1893 it was being described as ‘immense’, having become a limited company some four years earlier. As well as the main warehouse and showroom in Narrow Wine Street, the company had an iron and brass foundry at Rosemary Street and a steam joinery at Fairfax Street. Scales and weighing machines (including the Patent National Balances invented by Mr Parnall and 20,000 sold between 1883 and 1893) were manufactured at Fishponds. The Patent Agate Hand Scales were described as ‘specially worthy of the attention of tea dealers……when suspended above the counter they will work three times as long as any other scale without getting out of order’.

The wide range of items manufactured and supplied also included weighbridges (suitable for railway companies, collieries and public corporations), scoops, sack lifters, barrows and trucks, canisters (in large variety), counter boxes and window show trays, show glasses, butchers’ and other warranted cutlery, marble top tables (for restaurants etc), show stands, treacle cisterns, safes and cash boxes, patent tills, provision tickets, window name plates, tobacco cutters and tobacconists’ fixtures, chairs, bottling machines hand carts, coffee mills, tea mixers, hoists, lifts and gas engines.

They employed 10 representatives on the road and 400 workmen.

Winscombe Buildings, Frogmore Street

Winscombe Court. Frogmore Street

Winsford Street, Pennywell Road, Stapleton Road

Joseph Thorley, painter, etc Thomas Curtis, tailor, etc Mary Gapper, greengrocer, etc James H. Cole, grocer & tea dealer George Woolley Mrs Mary Young Charles Turner, mariner Charles Shapland Thomas Rutley, shoe maker Joseph Snell, tanner, etc Alfred Johnson, mechanic William Rowe Fitzroy Robert Colborne, painter and glazier John Jennings, baker Simeon Millman, tea dealer

Mary Jenkins,vict, Pine Apple Pennywell Road. In 1881 Mary Jenkins described herself as ‘publican – out of business’. 1853. Robert Fewing / 1854. Mary Fewing / 1861 – 66. James Webber / 1867 – 79. Mary Jenkins / 1883 – 1904. William Whitaker 1909 – 21. Charles Tristram / 1925 – 38. Henry Castle / 1944 – 53. Edith Holbrook (James Webber was a publican, and potato dealer).

Winsley Villas, Coburg Road, Montpelier

Woburn Place, near Grenville Place, Hotwells

Woodbury Place, Black Boy Hill

Woodbury Terrace, Blackboy Hill

Woodland Road, Tyndall‘s Park to Cotham Road

Miss Butt, Bannerleigh house James Proctor, Moreton house Robert H. Symes, Carlton house Capt. Charles Mallard, R.N. Dundonald house Thomas N. Harwood Augustus Phillips, Lansdown house J. S. Marchant, Somerville house William Sturge, Chilliswood house John Hill Morgan, Parklands house Alfred Gardiner, Dale villa

Iron Church In the fashionable suburb of Clifton, amid the large villas, a mission church was built of iron in 1865. Plans were drawn up for a permanent church by the celebrated architect James Piers St Aubyn, his only church in Bristol, and building was slow, 1870-81. His planned steeple, similar in appearance to that built at Christ Church, never rose above the basement stage and serves as a rather enormous NW porch.

Concerns about the stability of the building brought in John Bevan and he rebuilt part of the nave and chancel, completed 1909. It survived in use until 1976 when the parish was joined to St Saviour. The joint parish purchased the redundant Highbury Chapel c1975 which in turn was restored and rededicated to St Saviour & St Mary, Cotham to replace both buildings. The BBC purchased the Tyndall’s Park church for use as a scenery store. The interior was subdivided and a new entrance created in the north aisle. The church was acquired in the mid-1990s by a free-church congregation, and now in use as the Woodlands Christian Centre. Work began in July 2000 to convert the upper floor into supported housing and the ground floor is to be retained for worship.

Houses

Abergeldie, Woodland Road, Clifton No 19 in road. left hand side going towards Park Row.

Bannerleigh, Woodland Road, Clifton No 15 in road. left hand side going towards Park Row.

Carlton House, Woodland Road, Clifton No 11 in road. left hand side going towards Park Row.

Dundonald House, Woodland Road, Clifton No 9 in road. left hand side going towards Park Row.

Gordon Lodge, Woodland Road, Clifton No 17 in road. left hand side going towards Park Row.

Woodland Terrace, Hampton Road to Auburn Road

1. David Clarke Lindsey 2. Miss Eliza Peters 3. M. A. H. Wood 5. Caroline Ridgway 6. Edward Joseph Heyre

Woodwell Cottages, White Hart Lane

Woodwell Crescent, Jacob’s Wells

Woolcott Buildings, Lower Redland Road to Clyde Road

1. William Pincott 2. John Guppy 3. Benjamin Hall, grocer 4. Mrs Boxwell 5. Thomas Gammon 6. George Morgan, dairyman 7. George Parsons 8. James Carp 9. Walter Mizen, junior 10. Walter Mizen, senior 11. John Shorland, carpenter 12. Maurice Taylor, carpenter and stationer 13. Jeremiah Wicks 14. John Henson, boot maker 15. John Bool 16. William John Woodman 17. Enos Boulter 18. ?. Fear 19. John Knight 20. Enoch Ford 21. Isaac House, greengrocer & fruiterer, Fairﬁeld cottage 22. Thomas Roberts, dairyman 23. T. Roberts, teacher of the piano, etc 24. Mrs Ann Ricketts Miss Catherine Downs, dressmaker William Johns John Smith

Thomas Skyrme, vict, Shakespeare Tavern Lower Redland Road 1867 – 75. Thomas Skyrme / 1876 – 83. Emma Skyrme / 1885 – 92. Jane Marie Tavener / 1894 – 1928. Jane Marie Row 1931 – 35. John Pullen / 1937 – 50. William Hardwell / 1953. Lily Rose / 1975. A. T. H. Bryant Jane Marie Tavener/Rowe was the niece of Thomas and Emma Skyrme.

Woolcott Park, Clyde Road to Lover’s Walk

Uriah Mullett, dairyman & haulier William Knowles, Rhosven lodge Albert Gribble, Wynn house Robert Acton Dodds, Gordon house ?. Stockwell house Capt. Thomas W. Hives, Marlbro’ villa George Gatchell, Carrville villa Mrs Frankland Evelyn villa W. B. Morgan, Brockley villa Mrs Mary Harris, Merton villa Mrs Hannah Hall, Eversley house Alfred Albert Holmes, Northcote house Arthur G. Heaven, Lyndhurst villa Mrs Francis Gatchell, Sunnyside villa Alfred P. Menefy, Dunmore villa Mrs John Dix, Penmaen villa Mrs Mary Ann Williams, Kingmead villa Christopher Pocklington, Didsbury villa William Arthur Leonard, Woolbury villa John Clarke Wallop, Innisville villa Miss C. Dickenson, Sidney lodge George Young Home, Roseville villa James Bailey, Sidney house Mrs Edmond Gill, Old Cleve house ?. Rock house Edwin Tardrew, Newlands villa Henry Wansborough, Bewdley villa ?. Ahorn house James Buck, Brookville lodge Jesse Harris, Clarefont house Eliza Knowles, Myrtle lodge Dennis Fairchild, Melrose villa Miss Chard, Gouldnappe house ?. Fripp, Carr villa

St Saviour’s Infant School, Woolcott Park. In 1898 for 100 children. Some members of staff as listed in directories, etc: Misss A Coombe (Mistress) 1898.

Charles Seaman – Living at 6. Leigh Villas, Woolcott Park when prosecuted by Bristol School Board in January 1875 for not sending children to school and fined 3 shillings.

Woolcott Park Terrace, Woolcott Park

George Henry Pike, Gifford lodge Mrs Isabella Butler, Wilton villa Christopher Waltham Porter Miss Morgan, ladies’ school

Worcester Crescent, College Road (South)

Woodforde Ffookes Joseph B. Powell Admlral James Vashon Baker Graham Campbell Mrs Radcliffe Montagu Gilbert Blackburn Miss Elizabeth Salmon

Worcester Lawn, College Road (South)

Joseph L. Roeckel, professor of music Rev. Beedam Charlesworth Mrs Christian C. Jones Dr. George Thompson

Worcester Terrace, Clifton Park

Frederick William Badock, Badminton house Misses Haycock Henry Pritchard Charles Stewart Clarke Rev. Nicholas Pocock Rev. F. Vaughan Mather William Edward Fox Lady Molyneaux Arthur Montague Mrs Catherine Span Robert Dow Ker Rev. Philip Ashby Phalps Gwinnett Tyler

Sshools Clifton Park

Anna Maria Notley & Louisa Nascele Harris, school, Worcester House, Worcester Terrace.

Miss Bartlett’s School for Young Ladies, Badminton House, Clifton park, Clifton. Listed 1898.

Clifton High School for Girls, Clifton Park, Clifton.

A R Douglas’ School for Young Gentlemen, Colchester House, Clifton Park, Clifton. Listed 1898.

Worcester Villas, College Road (South)

Francis Black, M.D. Worcester lodge William Killegrew Wait George Wills Major Owen, Barham lodge Swinfen Jordan, Cherith lodge

Wordsworth Terrace, Woolcott Park

World’s End, White Hart Steps, Jacob’s Wells

Worrall’s Road, Caroline Row, Durdham Down

Wright’s Court, Pipe Lane, Temple Street

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Inoubliable Henri VIII, Docteur Moreau ou capitaine Bligh, Charles Laughton est à jamais associé aux plus grands chefs-d’ œuvre du cinéma anglo-saxon. Avec un physique et des moyens bien différents, il fut une vedette aussi populaire et adulée que Gary Cooper ou Clark Gable.

Charles Laughton – Island of Lost Souls (L’Île du docteur Moreau) de Erle C. Kenton (1935), adapté du roman de H. G. Wells, publié en 1896.

Charles Laughton et Merle Oberon dans La Vie privée d’Henry VIII réalisé par Alexander Korda (1933)

Charles Laughton dans Mutiny on the Bounty (Les Révoltés du Bounty ) de Frank Lloyd (1935)

Charles Laughton naquit à Scarborough en 1899. Ayant toujours rêvé de devenir acteur, il parvint, non sans mal, à briser l’obstination de ses parents qui ambitionnaient de le voir reprendre leur affaire d’hôtellerie. Après avoir suivi durant quelques mois les cours de l’Académie royale d’art dramatique, il débuta au théâtre et décrocha quelques petits rôles au cinéma. C’est dans les studios qu’il rencontra Elsa Lanchester, qui allait devenir sa femme en 1929. La même année, il tourna son premier long métrage, Piccadilly (réalisé par E.A. Dupont), où il interprétait un personnage assez peu sympathique de noctambule invétéré. Il fut ensuite engagé dans trois productions anglaises. Puis il partit en tournée en Amérique avec la pièce « Payment Deferred ». Salué par la critique comme un grand acteur de composition, il attira l’attention de Hollywood. C’est ainsi qu’il signa un contrat avec la Paramount pour interpréter le rôle d’un commandant de sous-marin dans un film reposant sur l’éternel triangle des drames bourgeois, The Devil and the Deep (1932), une sombre histoire d’amour et de haine. Son personnage, cynique et despotique, annonçait déjà les nombreux rôles de la carrière de l’acteur. Avant la sortie de ce film, la Paramount « prêta » l’acteur à Universal pour Une Soirée étrange (The Old Dark House), d’après un roman de J.B. Priestley ; Laughton y jouait un industriel de Manchester (avec un accent du Nord très prononcé) dominé par un complexe d’infériorité et obsédé par le souvenir de sa femme morte.

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton et Elsa Lanchester, son épouse

Charles Laughton

Empereurs et rois

L’année 1932 allait être, pour Laughton, celle du départ d’une carrière éblouissante : sa saisissante interprétation de Néron dans Le Signe de la croix (The Sign of the Cross) l’imposa d’emblée au niveau international, malgré ses démêlés avec Cecil B. DeMille , le réalisateur du film, qui concevait le rôle d’une façon toute différente. Il reprochait à Laughton de ne pas prendre le personnage au sérieux ; l’acteur se justifia en déclarant que le caractère même de Néron, histrion puéril, sot et plein de vices, avait commandé son jeu. Il confia également au critique Patrick Murphy : « Cecil B. DeMille imaginait Néron comme une personnalité forte, un dominateur. Je le voyais d’une manière absolument opposée : un homme dont le raffinement ne faisait que rendre plus odieuse l’horreur des orgies organisées en son honneur. » Les personnages de souverains historiques ou littéraires ont toujours offert un vaste champ d’action aux acteurs. Emil Jannings, par exemple, obtint de fortes compositions avec ceux de Néron dans le Quo Vadis ? italo-allemand de 1923 et d’Henri VIII dans le Anne Boleyn (Anna Boleyn, 1920) de Lubitsch. Charles Laughton allait se voir attribuer un Oscar pour La Vie privée d ‘Henri VIII (The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933), sous la direction d’Alexander Korda. Son interprétation impressionna tant les spectateurs que ce roi est devenu depuis, du moins pour le plus large public, le symbole même du libertin polygame et vulgaire. A jamais peut-être l’imaginerons-nous sous les traits de Laughton déchiquetant un poulet tout en hurlant : «A bas les bonnes manières, l’étiquette et le savoir-vivre! » Il est impossible de juger de la performance de l’acteur dans son troisième rôle de souverain : I, Claudius (1937) – où il devait être dirigé par Josef von Sternberg – resta en effet inachevé. Il semble en tout cas qu’il fut torturé par l’anxiété lors de ce tournage, une anxiété qui deviendra un véritable martyre chaque fois qu’il lui faudra aborder un nouveau rôle.

Charles Laughton dans Quasimodo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) réalisé par William Dieterle (1939)

Gary Cooper et Charles Laughton dans “Devil and the Deep” de Marion Gering (1932)

Charles Laughton dans Le Signe de la croix réalisé par Cecil B. DeMille (1932)

Charles Laughton (Javert) dans Les Misérables de Richard Boleslawski (1935)

Les personnages de « méchant»

Avec intelligence, Charles Laughton utilisa admirablement son aspect physique, lourd et gauche, pour concevoir ses rôles de « méchant». Alors que ce type de personnage revenait souvent à des acteurs plutôt secs comme Basil Rathbone, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Daniell ou Raymond Massey, Laughton joua délibérément de sa corpulence pour composer des personnages tyranniques et d’impitoyables génies du mal tel le sombre et glacial Barrett de Miss Barrett (The Barrets of Wimpole Street, 1934). Ce père despotique de l’ère victorienne resta le type même de la rigueur anglaise de cette époque jusqu’à ce que John Gilgud en donnât une interprétation plus subtile dans le remake de 1957. Laughton écrasait littéralement ses personnages, si bien d’ailleurs qu’il suscitait quelques critiques. Certains lui reprochaient même d’avoir peu de moyens expressifs ou bien, carrément, d’être très mauvais. Curieuse appréciation à l’égard d’un acteur qui a su, avec un égal bonheur, jouer le drame et la comédie. Il donna une nouvelle preuve de son habilité à incarner des figures tyranniques en composant le féroce capitaine Bligh dans Mutiny on the Bounty (Les Révoltés du Bounty, Frank Lloyd, 1935). Trevor Howard, dans le remake du film tourné en 1962, donna un caractère très différent au personnage en le durcissant encore ; le Bligh de Laughton est plus nuancé, plus riche : il en fait un sadique certes, mais aussi un solitaire capable de finesse selon les circonstances et les personnes qu’il rencontre.

Charles Laughton dans L’Île au complot (The Bribe) réalisé par Robert Z. Leonard (1949)

Charles Laughton dans Vedettes du pavé (Sidewalks of London) de Tim Whelan (1938)

Charles Laughton dans Spartacus de Stanley Kubrick (1960) adapté du roman de Howard Fast

Charles Laughton, John Williams et Marlene Dietrich dans Withness for the Prosecution (Témoin à charge) de Billy Wilder, 1957

Une solide renommée

Au sommet de sa carrière hollywoodienne, Laughton revint en Grande-Bretagne, désormais libre de choisir ses films. Parmi ceux-ci, on notera le raffiné Rembrandt (1936), dirigé par Korda, qui se rapprochait en quelque sorte de L’Admirable Mr. Ruggles (Ruggles of Red Gap), tourné en 1935 à Hollywood par Leo MacCarey, où il interprétait le personnage classique de l’aristocrate anglais débarquant au fin fond de l’Ouest sauvage. Sur le plan cinématographique, ces années furent, malgré les doutes et les angoisses de Laughton, les meilleures de sa carrière. Vers la fin des années 30, Laughton fut chemineau dans Sidewalks of London (Vedettes du pavé, St. Martin’s Lane, 1938) et méchant hobereau dans Jamaica Inn (La Taverne de la Jamaïque, 1939), un film en costumes d’Alfred Hitchcock, coproduit par Laughton et Erich Pommer pour la Mayflower Pictures. De retour aux États-Unis, Laughton donna une magistrale interprétation du célèbre bossu dans The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo, William Dieterle, 1939). Il joua ensuite avec beaucoup d’entrain le grand-père facétieux de It Started with Eve (Eve a commencé, Henry Koster, 1941), l’amusant chef cl’ orchestre de Tales of Manhattan (Six Destins, Julien Duvivier, 1942), l’enseignant timide qui se bat pour sa patrie dans This Land Is Mine (Vivre libre, 1943), le mari maltraité du Suspect (The Suspect, Robert Siodmak, 1944), un commissaire Maigret tout à fait nouveau dans L ‘Homme de la tour Eiffel (Burgess Meredith, 1949), le cordonnier ivrogne Salford dans Hobson’s Choice (Chaussure à son pied, David Lean, 1954) – son dernier film tourné en Angleterre – , un avocat célèbre dans Witness for the Prosecution (Témoin à charge, Billy Wilder, 1957) et enfin un vieux sénateur du Sud dans Advise and Consent (Tempête à Washington, Otto Preminger, 1962), par lequel il conclut sa carrière, une carrière qui contient peu de scories si l’on veut bien oublier un absurde Capitaine Kidd (Rowland V. Lee, 1945) ou, pire encore, Abbott et Costello rencontrent le capitaine Kidd (Charles Lamont, 1952). Dans Witness for the Prosecution (1958) de Billy Wilder vaut à sa femme Elsa Lanchester et à lui-même des nominations aux Oscars. Il abandonne un temps les studios pour remonter sur les planches où il joue avec de jeunes acteurs encore inconnus, Albert Finney et Vanessa Redgrave. Dans Spartacus (1960), sa composition de Gracchus aux côtés de Laurence Olivier et de Peter Ustinov est un des éléments majeur de l’oeuvre de Stanley Kubrick En 1955, passant derrière la caméra, il dirigea d’une main sûre La Nuit du chasseur (Night of the Hunter), une sorte de chef-d’œuvre qui surprit les critiques et le public par son originalité. Paradoxalement, c’était précisément l’antipathie et la haine que suscitaient les héros qu’il incarnait qui contribuèrent à la popularité de Laughton. Le public haïssait ses personnages mais il sentait qu’à travers eux, Laughton exprimait le drame de l’homme qui n’éprouve qu’aversion pour lui-même. Charles Laughton était capable de rendre à l’écran les faiblesses les plus intimes et les plus secrètes du meilleur et du pire des hommes. Personne mieux que lui n’a su conférer épaisseur et humanité aux personnages les plus noirs et les plus négatifs.

Charles Laughton dans Hobson’s Choice (Chaussure à son pied) de David Lean (1954)

Robert Mitchum et Charles Laughton The Night of the Hunter réalisé par Charles Laughton, 1955

Charles Laughton dans Advise & Consent (Tempête à Washington) réalisé par Otto Preminger, 1962

Charles Laughton dans Six destins (Tales of Manhattan) réalisé par Julien Duvivier (1942)

Charles Laughton : cruel et raffiné Inoubliable Henri VIII, Docteur Moreau ou capitaine Bligh, Charles Laughton est à jamais associé aux plus grands chefs-d' œuvre du cinéma anglo-saxon.

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