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swittle Feb 2021 1:52pm, 2 Feb 2021 72,695 posts	Quote Pin swittle [Assumptions of 'maleness' - I read the 'Just William' books in great number in my pre-teen years and owe a debt to Richmal Crompton for improving my grammar, spelling and syntax, a benefit I continue to enjoy. According to wiki, Crompton was a committed and high quality Classics teacher.]
McGoohan Feb 2021 2:01pm, 2 Feb 2021 48,371 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan [Must admit, I've never heard of anyone else called Richmal. I thought it was a made-up pen-name]
swittle Feb 2021 2:02pm, 2 Feb 2021 72,696 posts	Quote Pin swittle [A quick google suggested a combination of 'Richard' and 'Michael'.]
swittle Feb 2021 2:05pm, 2 Feb 2021 72,697 posts	Quote Pin swittle [Or 'Richard' and 'Mary'. Poor Law records, quoted in a FH blog, show Richmal as a forename confined almost completely to Lancashire.]
McGoohan Feb 2021 2:06pm, 2 Feb 2021 48,372 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan [I didn't look it up swits because Fetch is my Google ]
swittle Feb 2021 2:07pm, 2 Feb 2021 72,699 posts	Quote Pin swittle [An information upgrade :)]
Night-owl Feb 2021 2:15pm, 2 Feb 2021 35,412 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl en.m.wikipedia.org
McGoohan Feb 2021 2:17pm, 2 Feb 2021 48,374 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan [^ There you go ]
macca 53 Feb 2021 3:32pm, 2 Feb 2021 28,576 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [her dad was a classics teacher at my old school - long before my time of course]
macca 53 Feb 2021 3:34pm, 2 Feb 2021 28,577 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 Crompton a very “Lancashire” name, too