The Powell & Pressburger Pages Dedicated to the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and all the other people, both actors and technicians who helped them make those wonderful films. A lot of the documents have been sent to me or have come from other web sites. The name of the web site is given where known. If I have unintentionally included an image or document that is copyrighted or that I shouldn't have done then please email me and I'll remove it. I make no money from this site, it's purely for the love of the films. [Any comments are by me (Steve Crook) and other members of the email list]

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Thelma & Paul in NYC

Paul Tritton
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Loose, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

See also various trips in & around Canterbury

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Author of:

• John Montagu of Beaulieu - Motoring Pioneer and Prophet
  (Foreword by HRH Prince Michael of Kent)
  Golden Eagle/George Hart 1985
  ISBN 0 901482 32 3
  A biography of the 2nd Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (1866 - 1929).
  Out of print

• The Lost Voice of Queen Victoria
  (Foreword by George L. Frow, President, City of London Phonograph Society)
  Academy Books 1991
  ISBN 1 873361 11 4
  Queen Victoria becomes the first monarch to make a sound recording. Astonishing results are heard when an unidentified recording cylinder is played back for the first time for 70 years.
  Out of print

• The Godfather of Rolls-Royce
  The Life and Times of Henry Edmunds MICE MIEE
  Science and Technology's forgotten pioneer
  (Foreword by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu)
  Academy Books 1993
  ISBN 1 873361 14 9
  A biography of Henry Edmunds (1853 - 1927), who introduced the Hon. Charles Rolls to Frederick Henry Royce in 1904 and set in train the events that led to the formation of the world-famous motor car and aeroengine businesses.
  First edition now out of print
  To be republished by the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust in 2006.

• Broken Wings, Immortal Glory
  Self-published 1994
  ISBN 0 9524094 0 2
  An investigation into the loss of RAF Stirling bomber BK767 in an air battle over Holland in 1943.
  Out of print

• Wincheap Memories - a Pictorial History of a Corner of Canterbury
  Robert Brett & Sons Ltd 1996
  ISBN 9527789 0 4
  One hundred years of work, sport and entertainment in Canterbury's Wincheap district, published to commemorate the closure of Robert Brett and Sons Ltd's head office and depot at Wincheap.

• Whitstable Harbour Memories
  Robert Brett & Sons Ltd 1997
  ISBN 0 9527789 1 2
  Sixty eventful years in the history of Canterbury's seaport, published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the opening of Robert Brett and Sons' tarmacadam plant.

• A Canterbury Girl - Memories and pictures of life in a Cathedral City
  (co-written with Mary Tritton)
  Self published 1998
  ISBN 0 9524094 1 0
  Baker's daughter Mary Tritton (1913 - 2000) looks back over her 86 years as a schoolgirl, shop assistant, wife and mother in the city in which she spent her entire life.
  Out of print

• 'A Canterbury Tale' - Memories of a Classic Wartime Movie
  Self published 2000
  The story of how, where and when Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1944 film was made, based on the memories of surviving members of its cast and crew, and those who watched the film being made.
  First edition now out of print.
  Second edition published August 2006. All enquiries to canterburytale@parkersprint.com

• Loose and Linton - a pictorial history
  Loose Area History Society/Friends of All Saints' Church, Loose August 2004
  Out of print

• Michael Powell's Canterbury Tales
  Setting the Scene for a Classic Wartime Movie
  Self published 2010
  Michael Powell's boyhood in Canterbury spanned the last years of the Edwardian era and the First World War. The medieval city he grew up in had barely changed for many centuries, despite having been knocked about a bit during the Reformation and the English Civil War.
    This book draws on his memories of his life in Canterbury and contains over 300 photographs. These include snapshots from the Powell family album, scenes from Edwardian life, and archive and recent pictures of places that were familiar to young Michael when he explored Canterbury, nearby villages and resorts.
    These experiences, the everyday sights and sounds of those days - and the arrival in the Canterbury countryside of soldiers destined to be sent overseas to fight in a world war - inspired Michael many years later, when he sought a background for his classic wartime movie A Canterbury Tale.

In preparation:

• Robert Brett & Sons Ltd of Canterbury, 1909 - 2009

• Rolls-Royce Wings and Wheels on the White Cliffs
  (The story of Sir Frederick Henry Royce and the Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls's exploits at Dover).

Guided walks... illustrated talks... with author Paul Tritton (PDF file)

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