Name/TitleA Funny Thing Happened On The Way
MakerSpain, Nancy
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectPaperback autobiographical book titled 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way' by Nancy Spain, published just a few months after her death. The contents are:
BOOK ONE: To the Island, with love
PROLOGUE
1. The Island Habit
2. The Pegs that You Know
3. You Can't Put a Heifer on the Stage, Mrs Worthington
4. From N. Spain to Spain & Laurie (Exploitation) Ltd
5. Paris: I Kiss her Left Bank
6. Round the World Between Two My Words!
7. I Have a Word for the Greeks
8. The Pifki-Hilton
9. I Kept You an Olive Tree
BOOK TWO: F. Harry Stone is Greek for Thank You
PROLOGUE
1. Spain in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo
2. Sir Basil to the Rescue
3. A Turn to the Wight
4. Countess Drachma
5. Holiday Camp
6. Vo-ee-the-AY! Vo-ee-the-AY!
7. A Jacket for the Plumber
8. The Water Man Cometh
9. The Shadow of Mount Athos
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 180 x W: 110 D: 12 mm
Date Made1964-65
Period20th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesMayflower Books Ltd, 319 High Holburn, London W.C.1.
PublisherHutchison & Co. Ltd
Publication Date1964
Publication PlaceEngland, London
PublisherMayflower Books Ltd
Publication DateJuly 1965
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Spain:
Nancy Brooker Spain (13 September 1917 – 21 March 1964) was a prominent English broadcaster and journalist. She was a columnist for the Daily Express, She magazine, and the News of the World in the 1950s and 1960s. She also appeared on many radio broadcasts, particularly on Woman's Hour and My Word!, and later as a panelist on the television programmes What's My Line? and Juke Box Jury. Spain died in a plane crash near Aintree racecourse while travelling to the 1964 Grand National [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2024-116-6
Spine LabelA FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY ~ NANCY SPAIN
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved