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Tag Archives: mystery/memoir
Sally Kindberg, Nottingham Castle and a work in progress again
Nottingham Castle often features in my stories. When a small child, I often had to stay in my grandmother’s house, one of whose cellars had a bricked up door, apparently leading to a network of tunnels honeycombing the nearby castle … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Work in progress
Tagged black and white drawings, comic strips story, cosmic ray experiments, fog, handwriting, handwritten text, Mrs. Shipstone's frock, mystery/memoir, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham Park Estate, Nottingham tunnels, Nottingham University, tunnels, Victorian frock, visual narrative, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s ‘Stranger’, a work in progress – not a children’s book this time
Given this morning’s news of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, this rough frame from my current work in progress – a comic strip mystery memoir – sadly seems very a propos. It illustrates an extract from a ten year … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s notes about her childhood in Nottingham
This seems to be a recurring theme (far too often?) in notes for my graphic mystery/memoir. From the age of three I occasionally stayed at my grandmother’s house in Nottingham, periods coinciding with my mother disappearing, then turning up with … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s work in progress/identity
These are name tapes I had made for my mother when she was in her 90s and living in a nursing home. Apart from being shocked when she attempted (three or four times) to strangle me – I tried not … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Family, Work in progress
Tagged comic strip, dementia, family, Finnish wedding skirt, handwriting, identity, mother, mystery/memoir, nursing homes, wedding skirt, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s notes (possibly for her mystery/memoir)
UNDERGROUND From the Nottingham Caves Survey February 2011 http://nottinghamcavessurvey.org.uk/mycave.htm One of the major goals of the project is to assess the archaeological importance of Nottingham’s caves. Some are currently scheduled monuments and are of great local and national importance. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Family, Writing
Tagged caves, Museum of Dust, mystery/memoir, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham caves, Nottingham Caves Survey, the Park, underground
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Sally Kindberg’s work in progress, a comic strip mystery/memoir
When I was very small I visited Sweden with my mother and my much older sister. During our visit we went to Skansen, a folk museum. For years afterwards, my mother denied we’d ever been to Sweden, despite letters (and … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s Stranger, a work in progress (pencil roughs)
Pencil roughs for Stranger, a work in progress, a mystery/memoir in comic strip form. It’s moving slowly, but moving at least …
Posted in Drawings, Family, Work in progress
Tagged comic strip, dreams, faces, handwritten text, memoir, mother, mystery/memoir, pencil roughs, stranger
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