This is one of the books which I bought at the St Andrew’s and St George’s booksale a few months ago. I don’t think I had even realised that there were St Trinian’s books, I had an idea that it was a newspaper comic strip which Ronald Searle had drawn. Timothy Shy was in fact the writer D.B. Wyndham Lewis, you can read about him here.
I enjoyed this daft romp which didn’t stray very far from the 1950s film versions of St Trinian’s, with the wonderful Alastair Sim as the headmistress. There are a fair few Ronald Searle cartoons illustrating the mayhem of St Trinian’s, some of which you can see here
I’ll plan “a good daft romp” for our first returning book group meeting tomorrow. Love your expressions. Have you talked to many Australians? We have new families every year at the U.S.Army War College here at Carlisle.They are lots of fun and sometimes with so many expressions, we wonder if they’re speaking English!
Lorraine,
No, I’ve not met many Australians but I believe that so many Scots went there that some of the words that Ausies think are theirs actually originated in Scotland – like the word ‘dunny’ meaning toilet. I don’t know if it’s short for dungeon because in days past they were always dark holes!
What little savages they were!
Peggy Ann,
That’s why I wasn’t keen on hockey at school, I always seemed to get my ankles hacked!
Alastair Sim, my favorite Scrooge ever! There was just a joke about St Trinian’s in an episode of As Time Goes By that was on the other night. I sort of worked out the context but I’m glad to learn more!
Lisa,
As Time Goes By is still on now and again here, I’ll have to look out for that joke. I’m glad I was able to cast some light on St Trinian’s for you!