LC/15/1/PAR - Michael and Pat Parslew
Reference code
LC/15/1/PAR
Level of description
File
Title
Michael and Pat Parslew
Date/s
2000-2015
Quantity & Format
24 items
Creator
Parslew, Michael
Scope and content
Michael Parslew was LC's former English teacher at King Edward School, Birmingham.
Letter, 8/8/2000. TS. 1 leaf typed on recto and verso. Provides directions to a pub in Dorchester-on-Thames where he will meet LC for lunch on 15/9/2000. He remembers former pupil Paul Hoggart who has ‘finished up’ as the television critic of ‘The Times’. Michael thinks back to his own teaching career at Bristol Cathedral School as Head of English and Drama (1973-1975) and at Farnborough Sixth Form College as Head of Drama (1975-1980).
Christmas Card, 12/2001.
Letter, 4/11/2003. MS. 3 leaves, written on recto and verso.
Letter, 27/1/2004. MS. 2 leaves, written on recto and verso.
Greetings card, 25/3/2004.
Letter, 17/3/2006.
Letter-card, 2006?
Letter, 6/4/2007. MS. With envelope. 1 leaf, written on recto and verso.
Letter, 17/8/2007. TS. With envelope. 4 leaves.
“I admire the Grant modus … it has an aphoristic terseness which cuts the cackle and gets the message across with maximum impact.”
Michael describes his relationship with his two daughters and sympathises with LC and the difficulties his daughter, Ruth, is currently experiencing “provide a comfort blanket or keep a distance but be ready to catch if there is a fall.”
Michael sympathises with LC’s “miserable failure” [of book sales] in the States. He updates LC on developments concerning King Edward School, and mutual contacts.
Michael is disappointed that LC declines to become Dr Grant. But on purely intellectual grounds he doesn’t blame him. “Perhaps you could put on your letter heading ‘D.Litt. (Sheffield – declined)’.”
Letter, 13/9/2007. TS. With envelope. 5 leaves.
He describes the purchase of a new home; King Edward School and education generally. He does not regret getting out of teaching as he was approaching 50. He has just finished writing the manuscript of his second book.
Letter, 2/10/2009. MS. With envelope. Includes a press cutting on Gore Vidal who claims America is ‘rotting away’ and we should not expect Barack Obama to save it. Article by Tim Teeman, The Times, 30/9/2009.
Greetings card, 2009.
Letter, 1/12/2009. Discusses the donation which LC gave to the Library at King Edward School.
Letter, 7/7/2010. With note enclosed from Pat.
Note, 11/2/2010.
Letter, 10/2/2011.
Email, 11/12/2012.
Seasonal greetings card, December 2013.
Seasonal greetings card, December 2015.
3 Greetings cards, undated.
Letter, 8/8/2000. TS. 1 leaf typed on recto and verso. Provides directions to a pub in Dorchester-on-Thames where he will meet LC for lunch on 15/9/2000. He remembers former pupil Paul Hoggart who has ‘finished up’ as the television critic of ‘The Times’. Michael thinks back to his own teaching career at Bristol Cathedral School as Head of English and Drama (1973-1975) and at Farnborough Sixth Form College as Head of Drama (1975-1980).
Christmas Card, 12/2001.
Letter, 4/11/2003. MS. 3 leaves, written on recto and verso.
Letter, 27/1/2004. MS. 2 leaves, written on recto and verso.
Greetings card, 25/3/2004.
Letter, 17/3/2006.
Letter-card, 2006?
Letter, 6/4/2007. MS. With envelope. 1 leaf, written on recto and verso.
Letter, 17/8/2007. TS. With envelope. 4 leaves.
“I admire the Grant modus … it has an aphoristic terseness which cuts the cackle and gets the message across with maximum impact.”
Michael describes his relationship with his two daughters and sympathises with LC and the difficulties his daughter, Ruth, is currently experiencing “provide a comfort blanket or keep a distance but be ready to catch if there is a fall.”
Michael sympathises with LC’s “miserable failure” [of book sales] in the States. He updates LC on developments concerning King Edward School, and mutual contacts.
Michael is disappointed that LC declines to become Dr Grant. But on purely intellectual grounds he doesn’t blame him. “Perhaps you could put on your letter heading ‘D.Litt. (Sheffield – declined)’.”
Letter, 13/9/2007. TS. With envelope. 5 leaves.
He describes the purchase of a new home; King Edward School and education generally. He does not regret getting out of teaching as he was approaching 50. He has just finished writing the manuscript of his second book.
Letter, 2/10/2009. MS. With envelope. Includes a press cutting on Gore Vidal who claims America is ‘rotting away’ and we should not expect Barack Obama to save it. Article by Tim Teeman, The Times, 30/9/2009.
Greetings card, 2009.
Letter, 1/12/2009. Discusses the donation which LC gave to the Library at King Edward School.
Letter, 7/7/2010. With note enclosed from Pat.
Note, 11/2/2010.
Letter, 10/2/2011.
Email, 11/12/2012.
Seasonal greetings card, December 2013.
Seasonal greetings card, December 2015.
3 Greetings cards, undated.
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