Life of RCH
Jun 1, 2007 5:01:06 GMT -5
Post by Gloomy Sundae on Jun 1, 2007 5:01:06 GMT -5
Other than the famous "he appeared as an extra in Goodbye Mister Chips", it strikes me that I really don't know anything about Chetwynd-Hayes before he took up full-time writing beyond the fact that he was born in Isleworth, Middlesex. Perhaps we could use a thread for the little snippets that turn up here and there, like this, from the thumbnail portraits at the back of Amy Myers' The Third Book of After Midnight Stories (Kimber, 1987).
"... before becoming a full-time writer he was a salesman and assistant buyer in Harrods, The Army & Navy Stores and Bourne & Hollingsworth, then showroom and exhibition manager for Peerless Built-In Furniture. During the war he was evacuated from Dunkirk and then returned to France on D-Day plus 6."
"... before becoming a full-time writer he was a salesman and assistant buyer in Harrods, The Army & Navy Stores and Bourne & Hollingsworth, then showroom and exhibition manager for Peerless Built-In Furniture. During the war he was evacuated from Dunkirk and then returned to France on D-Day plus 6."