tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post1242922701467225272..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: Tiger Standish Comes Backdfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-52074638825312509632015-11-18T21:26:08.051-08:002015-11-18T21:26:08.051-08:00Horler claimed that "Richard the Lion" w...Horler claimed that "Richard the Lion" was modelled on his own Persian cat. Perhaps one of the few features of any of his books that had a basis in the real world.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06162653627367893405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-45628370625727093592015-09-13T19:56:51.199-07:002015-09-13T19:56:51.199-07:00"Tiger’s sporting prowess lies not in games l..."Tiger’s sporting prowess lies not in games like cricket or rugger but in football"<br /><br />Some of the top English public schools, played and play football rather than rugby. Concern over the damage scrumming might do to those aristocratic features, perhaps. Eton, Winchester and Harrow (and perhaps others) actually have their own peculiar versions of football as well as playing ordinary soccer. Two of the most important football clubs - and teams - were Corinthian and Casuals (which began by being restricted to boys who went to Eton, Winchester and Charterhouse)Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com