Some early pTerry stories Bucks Free Press days

[Who's Wee Dug]

Now this is very interesting (no Allo, Allo, jokes please)

Again Feegled from the Cunning ones site

http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/index.html

 

[poohcarrot]

Wow!!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I had a read of the pin one and the paper are asking how much would you offer for each one and would you buy it in a chap book format.

 

[Tiffany]

I posted it too, on Children's books I found it on Facebook.

 

[Tonyblack]

Very cool! 8)

 

[hiwlib]

Wow - great that this is being discussed here; I hope it is exciting for Terry Pratchett fans out there!

My name is Rob and I am the webmaster of the Terry Pratchett / Bucks Free Press website. I am having great fun transcribing the stories and would like to say that there are many great things to come to the website in the future!

 

[ShadowNinjaCat]

Welcome

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Hi hiwlib the Rob, welcome to the forum pop back with the news anytime you like. 8)

 

[poohcarrot]

Hi hiwlib the Rob

I've already sent you an email to the address on the newspaper.

 

[Tonyblack]

Welcome from me too, Rob! I think it's great that you are doing this - and what a lot of fun you must be having.

 

[hiwlib]

Ah, poohcarrot, I recognise your username - hard to forget that one! Message received with thanks!

Tonyblack, I am indeed having a lot of fun doing this. Reading through the stories is really amusing; some really funny stuff there.

The Thrist Pin story is one of my favourites so far, and there are many more delights to come!

There is a story about Colonel Vest's expedition to catch a Snorry; that one is really amusing, and another where Professor Whelk travels to Mars in a steam-operated rocketship is also a good read.

I have barely scratched the surface... there are about 250 issues of the BFP that Terry wrote stories for; that is a heck of a lot of stuff that hasnt seen light of day for over 40 years!!!

 

[Tonyblack]

I've included a link to your page on the Links Thread in the Mended Drum forum.

You might like to know that they are talking about the stories HERE on the Cunning Artificer's website as well.

 

[Ponder Stibbons]

Now this is very interesting (no Allo, Allo, jokes please)

Again Feegled from the Cunning ones site

http://terrypratchett.weebly.com/index.html

Steve Cohen! STEVE COHEN!!

 

[hiwlib]

Steve Cohen? The editor of the Bucks Free Press?

 

[Tonyblack]

Steve Cohen? The editor of the Bucks Free Press?

Take no notice, I think Ponder is having one of his little turns.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I think Ponder is maybe associating the thought of Cohen the Barbarian with Steve Cohen and pterry working there at one time. :

 

[hiwlib]

I see! Sadly though, Terry had left the employ of the Bucks Free Press long before Steve Cohen started work there.

 

[Ponder Stibbons]

I think Ponder is maybe associating the thought of Cohen the Barbarian with Steve Cohen and pterry working there at one time. :

Yes, i thought maybe that's where he got the name from? Its quite hard to come up with a parody name for lots of people.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

It was just a train of thought.

 

[hiwlib]

I worked through another seven months of Terry's stories yesterday, and found something rather.... interesting.... that appeared in the in the Bucks Free Press towards the end of 1966. All rather exciting!!