Raymond Lowry - cartoonist

When I was at boarding school in 1970, I used to enjoy the cartoons of Raymond Lowry whose works frequently appeared in Punch and other magazines. I started a small collection of cuttings and even summoned up the courage to write to Mr Lowry. I received a very nice handwritten reply, thanking me for my interest and pointing out that I could find other examples of his work in Mayfair and Penthouse magazines. As these were the girlie mags of the day, I obviously had to take up his suggestion in the name of research.
Mr Lowry also enclosed four original cartoons which, he said, for one reason or another had never been published. I've now removed them from my website, so you'll have to ask me nicely if you'd like to see them!

French Leave

Well there's a turn up. Giving Spain a brief miss, in June we had a week's holiday in France. We drove down to the Loire Valley visiting Tours, Saumur, Poitiers and numerous Chateaux, following in the footsteps of royalty from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edward VIII. We also spent some time in the Dordogne before journeying further south to within an hour's drive of the Pyrenees. And then all the way back again. Ellie has penned a few notes for the other website which you can find here:
Gerry & Ellie's Holiday in France, June 2007.