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Hello, and welcome to the 5th instalment of Inside Letchworth

Magazine. Summer is coming to a close and Autumn is well and
truly on its way.
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We are always on the lookout for new articles to feature in our
The Wildlife Trust Pg 14 magazines. The idea is to give you a variety of interesting subjects
Railway Adventures Pg 20 to read up on, relating to the area. So, if you have any thoughts,
feedback or ideas you think would make for an interesting read,
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Until next time, Robin.

W. F. Harvey - Macarbre master

Burried in Letchworth.
William Fryer Harvey (1885 - 1937) was an
English short story writer who left his mark
Business Directory Pg 32 in the horror and mystery genres.
Event Listing Pg 34 He hailed from a wealthy Quaker family,
studied medicine at Oxford and was a doctor
by training.
In World War I he initially joined the Friends’ Ambulance Unit,
Front cover provided by Tony but later served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and
Prezio, taken at Wrest Park, Silsoe. received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Lung damage received
during the rescue, leading to the award, troubled him for the
rest of his life but he continued to write both short stories and his
cheerful and good-natured memoir ‘We Were Seven’. He devoted
himself to writing macabre tales of Gothic fiction. His first book of
short stories was ‘Midnight House’ (1910).
He moved to Letchworth in 1935 and died there in 1937 at the age
FOLLOW US: of 52. After a funeral service at the local Friends Meeting House
Harvey was buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin in
Old Letchworth. Harvey’s grave resides in the churchyard of St
Mary’s Church, Letchworth
www.amberpublications.co.uk Harvey is best remembered for two of his best stories, considered
"minor masterpieces": ‘August Heat’ (1910) and ‘The Beast
with Five Fingers’ (1919) which was made into a film in 1946
directed by Robert Florey and starring Peter Lorre. This caused a
enquiries@amberpublications.co.uk resurgence of interest in Harvey’s work.
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