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To Serve Them All My Days is a novel by British author R. F. Delderfield.. First published in 1972, the book was adapted for television in 1980. It has been adapted twice by Shaun McKenna, first as a stage play at the Royal Theatre Northampton (Royal & Derngate) in 1992 [1] and again as a five-part series of 45-minute plays for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in January 2006.
David Powlett-Jones, a coal miner's son from South Wales, has risen from the ranks and been commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the First World War.In 1918, after being injured and shell-shocked, he is hired to teach modern history at Bamfylde School, a fictional public school in North Devon, in the southwest of England, where he wins the respect and acclaim of colleagues and pupils.
Francis George Middlemass (28 May 1919 – 8 September 2006) was an English actor, who even in his early career played older roles. He is best remembered for his television roles as Rocky Hardcastle in As Time Goes By, Algy Herries in To Serve Them All My Days, and Dr. Alex Ferrenby in 20 episodes of Heartbeat.
In July 1915, the Washington D.C. Sunday Star published a "sensationalized" story beginning with the line "American Murderer Helped Write Oxford Dictionary". [1] The book The Surgeon of Crowthorne (published in America as The Professor and the Madman ), by Simon Winchester , was published in 1998 and chronicles both Minor's later life and his ...
1972: For My Own Amusement (autobiographical) 1972: To Serve Them All My Days; 1973: Give Us This Day (Swann saga) 1979: Diana, see 1960; 1962; Series. 1958: The Dreaming Suburb and The Avenue Goes to War belong to the "Avenue series" 1966–1968: A Horseman Riding By is a trilogy comprising "Long Summer's Day", "Post of Honour" and "The Green ...
The Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) is a single-volume English dictionary published by Oxford University Press, first published in 1998 as The New Oxford Dictionary of English (NODE). The word "new" was dropped from the title with the Second Edition in 2003. [ 1 ]
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house. The dictionary, which published its first edition in 1884, traces the historical development of the English language, providing a comprehensive resource to ...
The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the largest and most famous, but other smaller dictionaries are more widely sold under the name "Oxford". Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.