Bainbridge Papers. Vols. xxxiv-xxxv. 'Injury Time'; before 1978. Injury Time was first published in 1977, by Duckworth. For related notes see, Add. 83799.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xlv-xlviii. 'A Weekend with Claud'; before 1968-1981. A Weekend with Claud was first published in 1967, by Hutchinson New Authors. The novel was later rewritten with characters bearing different names and published in 1981 by Duckworth as A Weekend with Claude. For draft sections of A Weekend with Claud, see Add. 83796.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xxxvi (ff. ). Draft of 'Just Like Real Life' by Beryl Bainbridge; before 1992. A Christmas short story for the Daily Mirror. Formerly contained in a folder with Add. 83760 and 83810 section 1.
Bainbridge Papers. Vols. l-li. 'Young Adolf'; before 1979. Young Adolf was first published in 1978 by Duckworth and was later used as the basis for 'The Journal of Bridget Hitler', which was transmitted on BBC2 in 1981.
Bainbridge Papers. Vols. xl-xliv. 'Watson's Apology'; before 1985. Watson's Apology was first published in 1984, by Duckworth. For further material relating to the novel, see Add. 83827.
Scope & Content:
John Selby Watson, cleric and scholar: Research files and notebooks of Beryl Bainbridge rel. to John Selby Watson: circa 1984: Partly copies.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. (ff. ). xlix. Draft of Winter Garden; circa 1979-1991. Typewritten with occasional autograph revisions. Winter Garden was first published in 1980, by Duckworth. Contains a note on f. 1 that the volume was given to Philip and Psiche Hughes and that the novel was based on a...
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xxiii. Notebook containing draft passages mostly of An Awfully Big Adventure; before 1989. Partly French. Comprises: notes on and passages from Adventure (ff. 2-3, 5-7, 10-13, 15-27); passages of Evening Standard articles (3-4, 8?, 14, 16). 220 x 165 mm.
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xxxvii. Exercise book belonging to 'Les'; circa 1946. Comprises one journal entry containing reflections on his feelings for Bainbridge. The inside upper cover is annotated by Bainbridge, 'This was a man (23, 24) I met at the Young Communist meetings in Formby….I was 11. ...
Bainbridge Papers. Vol. xix (ff. ). 'According to Queenie'; 1999. Papers relating to the novel. 1. Plan of Hester Thrale's House, Streatham Park; 1999. Copy. Produced by Ethel Bromford (1932) after an 1822 plan by J and W Newton, Chancery Lane. 4 chains : 1 inch (approx. 1: 2376). 2.Draft foli...