{"id":10613,"date":"2021-07-26T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=10613"},"modified":"2021-07-22T08:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:44:44","slug":"tttlih-alan-cracknell-and-the-railway-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2021\/07\/26\/tttlih-alan-cracknell-and-the-railway-children\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;TTTLIH&#8217;, Alan Cracknell and &#8216;The Railway Children&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This weeks Hans Helweg artwork is for one of the many covers for the Monsarrat title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2021\/TLH.htm\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8216;The Tribe That Lost Its Head&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a> I was interested to see there was a Monsarrat collection at The Athenaeum, Church Alley, Liverpool. On the site it shows a bookcase and within are some PAN editions. On close scrutinisation I think that &#8216;TTTLIH&#8217; is there and if you want some help click on the photo.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Monsarrat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TLH99.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10620\" width=\"604\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TLH99.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TLH99-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maybe I should have saved this one for Christmas but I was pleased to get a vintage Advent Calendar designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/Original\/Cracknell.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Alan Cracknell<\/span><\/strong><\/a> from the States.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AlanAdvent1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AlanAdvent1.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10623\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AlanAdvent1.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=10623\" class=\"wp-image-10623\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AlanAdvent2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AlanAdvent2.gif\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10624\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AlanAdvent2.gif\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?attachment_id=10624\" class=\"wp-image-10624\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The weekend before last we had our first coach trip since lock down. I know a coach trip is not everyones idea of &#8216;fun&#8217; but as my wife doesn&#8217;t drive I am happy for someone else to take on the responsibility. I can just switch off safe in the knowledge if something goes wrong I don&#8217;t have to sort it out. You also get good value for money as we had a comfy COVID aware coach with seats at the front, a excellent hotel with spa bath in our room, visits to several places and an included trip on the <a href=\"https:\/\/kwvr.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Keighley and Worth Valley Railway&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Now you may be wondering what has this to do with PAN Books? Although they didn&#8217;t actually publish the book by Edith Nesbit at the time of the film. that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/RailwayChildren1.jpg\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Penguin<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, they did publish two film tie-ins. One was a papersculpture &#8216;make two engines from the film&#8217; book and the other <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/2021\/BandB\/RailwayChildren.htm\">&#8216;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Story of the Railway Children&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> was <\/span><\/span>the book of the film, which was largely shot on this heritage railway.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks Hans Helweg artwork is for one of the many covers for the Monsarrat title &#8216;The Tribe That Lost Its Head&#8217; I was interested to see there was a Monsarrat collection at The Athenaeum, Church Alley, Liverpool. On the site it shows a bookcase and within are some PAN editions. 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