CH/7/C - Box CH/7/C/Notebooks 3
Reference code
CH/7/C
Level of description
File
Title
Box CH/7/C/Notebooks 3
Quantity & Format
1 box Notebook
Creator
Higson, Charlie
Scope and content
The contents of this box were deposited in March 2017.
CH 7C/1 Black A4 notebook
Untitled manuscript. Chapter one – Gone but not forgotten.
Sketches of the Higsons “I put a spell on you”.
CH 7C/2 Black A4 notebook
“It really didn’t seem like her room anymore. In the trunk …”
“A crank is a little thing that makes revolution.” Chapter One – Ludicrous.
Includes sketches.
James Bond notes and sketch of a gun.
Comic sketches.
CH 7C/3 Black A4 notebook
Handwritten script of ‘Lost in the Works’ or ‘Forward into the Void’. With loose leaf pages at end, p. 172-226. Completed 5/10/81.
CH 7C/4 Green A4 loose-leaf pad
Oberon: a short story. Handwritten script in loose leaf A4 notepad. Illustrated. Dedicated to Starcruiser Henry … who saved us all.
CH 7C/5 Blue A4 refill pad
CH’s diary followed by script. The first two pages begin with a monologue on the definitions of gits, pricks and divs. The diary ends after two days and then follows a script ‘City of Dogs / Isle of Dogs’ ‘Following Gatley’. The script is lengthy and ends on p.196.
Towards the end are lyrics ‘Red haired girl’; ‘I wonder what she’s doing now?’; followed by ideas and more untitled scripts.
CH 7C/6 Black A4 notebook
Handwritten script of ‘The Ultimate Game’. In 8 parts, beginning with Part 1 Conrad Allen.
Also includes ‘How to write a poem’; ‘How to advertise a woman’; ‘England’; ‘Poem England’; ‘Science fiction’; ‘America’; ‘Poem America’; graphic stories; and sketches.
CH 7C/7 Red ring-binder
Newfoundland. Manuscript entitled ‘Ortüsyganiliötae’. Includes chapters and illustrations.
CH 7C/8 Blue A5 notebook
Written from both end covers.
Sketches of faces and the name ‘Claudius’.
Handwritten script. Chapter 1. ‘Enter the Kingdom’.
‘A visit from the toothgrinder’.
‘Brief lives: biographies of characters in ‘The Monster Adventure Book for Boys’’
• ‘Morgan Benedict’
• ‘Babberley’
• ‘Lawrence Smedley’
CH 7C/9 Blue A5 notebook
‘Because we are here: the last case of Inspector Boggle. Part II.’ Chapters 8-13.
CH 7C/10 Blue A5 notebook
‘Our account of the war in Europe’ (diary of CH and his friend’s trip to Europe including Florence).
Untitled scripts.
Sketches.
A handwritten crossword puzzle.
CH 7C/11 Book for Barney
Booklet created for CH’s older brother Barney. Illustrated and typed. On cover: “Book for Barney: by the Light of the Flickering Television.” At the top of the cover ‘The Scream Tapes …’ [Print. Original booklet returned to CH].
CH 7C/12 Loose notes
Four pages of handwritten notes with headings: ‘Zombie at door’, ’Zombie in’, ‘Kids’.
CH 7C/1 Black A4 notebook
Untitled manuscript. Chapter one – Gone but not forgotten.
Sketches of the Higsons “I put a spell on you”.
CH 7C/2 Black A4 notebook
“It really didn’t seem like her room anymore. In the trunk …”
“A crank is a little thing that makes revolution.” Chapter One – Ludicrous.
Includes sketches.
James Bond notes and sketch of a gun.
Comic sketches.
CH 7C/3 Black A4 notebook
Handwritten script of ‘Lost in the Works’ or ‘Forward into the Void’. With loose leaf pages at end, p. 172-226. Completed 5/10/81.
CH 7C/4 Green A4 loose-leaf pad
Oberon: a short story. Handwritten script in loose leaf A4 notepad. Illustrated. Dedicated to Starcruiser Henry … who saved us all.
CH 7C/5 Blue A4 refill pad
CH’s diary followed by script. The first two pages begin with a monologue on the definitions of gits, pricks and divs. The diary ends after two days and then follows a script ‘City of Dogs / Isle of Dogs’ ‘Following Gatley’. The script is lengthy and ends on p.196.
Towards the end are lyrics ‘Red haired girl’; ‘I wonder what she’s doing now?’; followed by ideas and more untitled scripts.
CH 7C/6 Black A4 notebook
Handwritten script of ‘The Ultimate Game’. In 8 parts, beginning with Part 1 Conrad Allen.
Also includes ‘How to write a poem’; ‘How to advertise a woman’; ‘England’; ‘Poem England’; ‘Science fiction’; ‘America’; ‘Poem America’; graphic stories; and sketches.
CH 7C/7 Red ring-binder
Newfoundland. Manuscript entitled ‘Ortüsyganiliötae’. Includes chapters and illustrations.
CH 7C/8 Blue A5 notebook
Written from both end covers.
Sketches of faces and the name ‘Claudius’.
Handwritten script. Chapter 1. ‘Enter the Kingdom’.
‘A visit from the toothgrinder’.
‘Brief lives: biographies of characters in ‘The Monster Adventure Book for Boys’’
• ‘Morgan Benedict’
• ‘Babberley’
• ‘Lawrence Smedley’
CH 7C/9 Blue A5 notebook
‘Because we are here: the last case of Inspector Boggle. Part II.’ Chapters 8-13.
CH 7C/10 Blue A5 notebook
‘Our account of the war in Europe’ (diary of CH and his friend’s trip to Europe including Florence).
Untitled scripts.
Sketches.
A handwritten crossword puzzle.
CH 7C/11 Book for Barney
Booklet created for CH’s older brother Barney. Illustrated and typed. On cover: “Book for Barney: by the Light of the Flickering Television.” At the top of the cover ‘The Scream Tapes …’ [Print. Original booklet returned to CH].
CH 7C/12 Loose notes
Four pages of handwritten notes with headings: ‘Zombie at door’, ’Zombie in’, ‘Kids’.
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