{"id":2222,"date":"2014-09-08T05:25:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T05:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2014-09-22T07:42:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T07:42:42","slug":"alun-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2014\/09\/08\/alun-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Alun Hood?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Having just picked up a copy of the 1978 title &#8216;Nature On Your Side&#8217; describing how to use natural remedies to get rid of pests I looked on the back and saw the cover was by Alun Hood. The name was vaguely familiar and I have tracked down another two covers he did for PAN. He also did numerous covers for other publishers in the 70&#8217;s and 80&#8217;s<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2222 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2014\/09\/08\/alun-hood\/nature\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Nature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2014\/09\/08\/alun-hood\/dragon\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Dragon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2014\/09\/08\/alun-hood\/bumper4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Bumper4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The one thing I can&#8217;t find is any information about him. Can anyone help?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recently had a comment posted by Gareth Powell regarding Ralph Vernon-Hunt who I&#8217;ve mentioned before in a previous <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/2012\/05\/16\/ralph-vernon-hunt\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">blog<\/span><\/a>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gareth knew Ralph and wrote<\/span><\/span><\/span> <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Ah yes, I remember him well. I first met him in 1956 when I was working with Smith Trade News. He was a total charmer. He introduced me to Paul Hamlyn and treated me as if we were equals. We were nothing of the sort. I was then a trade journalist but it mattered not. I have always had a soft spot for Ralph Vernon Hunt and remember meeting him for the last time in, of all places Mumbai which was Bombay then&#8221;<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">I have since tracked down his obituary\u00a0 and will\u00a0have more on him next week but as a taster I was interested to see he worked in Hudson&#8217;s Bookshop in Birmingham. This was a proper bookshop and when I was aspiring to be a teacher(!) it was the place you went to for all your text books.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hudsons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hudsons-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Hudsons\" width=\"600\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hudsons-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tikit.net\/panfans\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Hudsons.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having just picked up a copy of the 1978 title &#8216;Nature On Your Side&#8217; describing how to use natural remedies to get rid of pests I looked on the back and saw the cover was by Alun Hood. The name was vaguely familiar and I have tracked down another two covers he did for PAN. 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