Bob Jenkins

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Jenkins, Bob
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1993-12-08
Date Digitized
2010-03-13
Abstract
This interview is with Bob Jenkins of Kington, England. The interview begins with a discussion of the history of the Baskerville name. Bob then goes on to tell about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his relationship with Kington. He then talks about Black Vaughan, and Kington's history with various literary figures. Jenkins goes on to talk about Richard de Brito and Saint Thomas Becket, Castle Wigmore and the Mortimer family, and the history of Kington. He then talks about Baskervilles and the type style created by John Baskerville. The interview with Bob Jenkins ends at 00:21:15. Following that are a few notes made by Dutch regarding Lord Byron, a book titled Primrose's Periodicals, and Aiodhwood Manor.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Kington, England
Subject (Temporal)
1066
pre-1900
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:28:53
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
***This interview is Side B of the Gwen Edwards T2 tape.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:41
Discussion about the history of the Baskerville family; 1066, Normandy, castle, Lady Hawkins School, Eardisley.

SIDE A 00:01:41 -- 00:08:20
Discussion about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his relationship with Kington; Dunfield, Hound of Baskervilles, ghosts, black dogs, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Kington, Black Shuck, Devon, Herefordshire, Black Vaughan, Ellen Getting.

SIDE A 00:08:20 -- 00:10:30
Discussion about the ghost of Black Vaughan and the Vaughan family; Black Vaughan, Thomas Vaughan, ghost, Battle of Banbury, Wales, Welsh, Kington.

SIDE A 00:10:31 -- 00:14:27
Discussion about Kington's history with literary figures; William Wordsworth, Kington, Hergest, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Cuckoo and the Nightengale, Clanville, literature.

SIDE A 00:14:28 -- 00:17:03
Discussion about Richard de Brito, the murder of Saint Thomas Becket; Richard de Brito, Richard le Breton, Saint Thomas Becket, church, Clanville.

SIDE A 00:17:03 -- 00:17:53
Discussion about Mortimer and Wigmore Castle; Wigmore Castle, Mortimer, Clanville.

SIDE A 00:17:53 -- 00:20:03
Discussion about the Domesday Book, and the history of Kington; Kington, the Domesday Book, King Offa, Wales, Welsh.

SIDE A 00:20:04 -- 00:21:15
Discussion about Baskervilles continues, with mention of John Baskerville and the style of type he created; Baskerville, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Baskerville.

SIDE A 00:21:15 -- 00:24:45
Dutch talks about Lord Byron; Uiewood, Lord Byron, Pristine, 1812.

SIDE A 00:24:45 -- 00:25:52
Dutch talks about the book Primrose's Periodicals; Primrose's Periodicals, New Radnor, emigration, Canada.

SIDE A 00:25:52 -- 00:28:53
Dutck talks about Aoidhwood manor; Aiodhwood manor, CBC Radio Noon, Earl of Oxford.

SIDE A 00:28:53 -- 00:32:00 is dead air.
Tape ends at 00:32:00.