HERE, THERE and THITHER
MORE MEMBERS LETTERS
Below we feature just a few of the Laurel & Hardy-related items that some of our readers spotted on their travels during the summer of 2009.
This piece is called
“scrimshaw” - a form of art, whereby the artist engraves pictures
on the surface of an animal bone or tooth. This one is a slice of elephant
ivory 3.5” x 4”. It was being sold by a scrimshaw store in
Hawaii, as it was by local artist John Lee.
Gino
Dercola
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Dear Rob,
I been travelling the world last few years. Bruges,
in Belgium is my favorite place
in the world, and often see lots of figures of Laurel & Hardy around
bars, and in the market by the canal. Last year I found “Stanley's”
- a pub in Bratislava Slovakia. It was a lovely little bar
in a wonderful place.
In August of this year I visited Zante Island, off Greece and
came across a Laurel and Hardy supermarket selling everything you could name.
I was hoping it would have a sign on it saying “Open for Big
Business.”
Cheers, Martin
Basford
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Dear Editor,
I thought you would like to see this photo of the
‘Boys’ taken in the lobby of a hotel in Kalamaki on the Greek island
of Zakynthos.
Kind Regards, Keith
Benzie
BLOTTO HELP
Dear Editor,
I am currently trying to put together a DVD compilation of the versions of the Laurel and Hardy films as shown by the BBC. Although it’s great to have the restored versions on DVD, I think it would sometimes be nice to see the versions as I first remember them on television, crackles and all.