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 English literary characters: Just William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William is the despair of his parents, a perpetual irritant to his teenage brother and sister, and an appalling nuisance to the virtually all the village grown ups.
William in the books was a real "monster" with a negative attitude to everything, and this was toned down in the TV series, where he was much more of a "lovable scamp".
William is the quintessential middle-class British boy, just as Billy Bunter represents the upper-class schoolboy role.
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 Just William -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Just William is the first book of children's short stories about William Brown written by (Click link for more info and facts about Richmal Crompton) Richmal Crompton, published in 1922.
Just William's Luck and William at the Circus were both released in 1948 and were written and directed by (Click link for more info and facts about Val Guest) Val Guest.
William has been criticised by the (Click link for more info and facts about RSPCA) RSPCA for stories where he is cruel to animals.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/just_william.htm   (1421 words)

  
 Just William - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William and his friends, Douglas, Henry and Ginger, call themselves the Outlaws, and meet at the old barn in Farmer Jenks' field.
Crompton continued to write William books right up until her death with the last, William The Lawless, being published posthumously in 1970.
William at the Circus also featured Michael Medwin as Reporter, Jon Pertwee as Superintendent, Peter Butterworth as ;???, and John Martel as Johnnie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Just_William   (1140 words)

  
 Meet Just William - Children's - Books - Navrang Inc.
William stared at her in blank surpr continued...
WIlliam and Ginger, faithful allies, are in a state of bankruptcy - without even enough m continued...
William has taken a sudden and mystifying interest in the church's Sick and Poor Fund.
www.navrang.com /?Page=Categories&ID=8669&PHPSESSID=4d93cff2aaa51c5253...   (459 words)

  
 WilliamShatner.com :: The Official Shatner Website
William Shatner and James Spader are fresh from their second consecutive Emmy wins, the show has a strong new lead-in, and ABC has given the program an unprecedented 27-episode commitment.
William Shatner founded the show in 1990 and has guided the show’s evolution over the years to include Kids Day activities for over 1,000 children in the community representing a number of local charities, an arena show, silent auction, and a dinner party and dance featuring musical artist Ben Folds.
William Shatner loves a good practical joke and anyone who has seen the Star Trek blooper reels is aware that he has a good sense of humor.
www.williamshatner.com   (541 words)

  
 Ongoing Children's Stories ~ Just William
William sat on and watched, with fascinated eyes, the cake disappear, and finally followed the large, portly figure upstairs and sat down in his room to plan the "show" and incidentally listen, with a certain thrilled awe, for the sounds from next door.
William had asked his mother, with an expression of meekness and virtue that ought to have warned her of danger, if he might have "jus' a few friends" in his room for the afternoon.
William crouched down on all fours, ran his fingers along the basket-work, and putting his face close to it, gave vent to a malicious howl.
www.ongoing-tales.com /SERIALS/oldtime/STORIES/WILLIAM/William05.html   (4170 words)

  
 English author biographies : Just William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She looked at the Just Williams stories as rather a daliance--after all they were about a boy.
Her William Brown is the one of the two most famous schoolboy in English literature.
William is often referred to as "Just William" after the title of the first book introducing him to the British public who quickly fell in love with him.
histclo.hispeed.com /bio/c/bio-cromp.html   (1403 words)

  
 Q&A with William Olson: Just say, 'No, no, no'
It's negligent citizenship because they don't just use it in the quiet of home or somewhere away, as if they are wrapped in cellophane and never touch the rest of us.
They just want to put the harm somewhere else and hope you won't notice.
William Olson, 51, is staff director of the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, where he oversees much of Congress' research on drug control policy.
www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19990301olson5.asp   (1152 words)

  
 Ongoing Children's Stories ~ Just William
William changed his position from that of lolling over one side of his desk to that of lolling over the other, and began to justify himself.
William in disgust shrouded the remains in blotting paper, and disposed of it in his neighbour's ink-pot.
There was a faint perfume about her, and William the devil-may-care pirate and robber-chief, the stern despiser of all things effiminate, felt the first dart of the malicious blind god.
www.ongoing-tales.com /SERIALS/oldtime/STORIES/WILLIAM/William04.html   (3063 words)

  
 Just William - Blue Goodbye | Seventhseed.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Automatically, I have a special affinity with Just William – they live down the road from me in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area.
Just William essentially defines their sound because I can’t exactly place a finger on a comparison.
Just William is also talented at filling songs with keyboard, guitar and vocal pieces behind the strong rhythms of the lead guitar and pounding drums.
www.seventhseed.com /artists/justwilliam   (1202 words)

  
 William's Milestones
Monday, August 11, 2003: William is just growing by leaps and bounds.
William's new sound is gargling (with his saliva).
William moved into his own room a couple of weeks ago.
filebox.vt.edu /a/alomasco/William/milestones.htm   (1344 words)

  
 The Just William Books of Richmal Crompton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Richmal Crompton Lamburn was born in 1890 in on November 15 1890 in Bury, Lancashire.
Besides the William books she wrote the 'Jimmy' books for children, and a number of adult fiction books, but these never reached the same level of sucess.
William has appeared on radio, BBC television and a film starring Dennis Waterman.
www.sharpsoftware.co.uk /william/richmal.htm   (223 words)

  
 Prince William: Pretty Fly for a Shy Guy!
LONDON (AFP) - Prince William is "just good friends," with the daughter of a wealthy Kenyan conservationist -- whom the press has described as his first proper girlfriend -- St James's Palace insisted.
William was dressed in a plum-coloured jumper with holes in the right elbow and under the arms, blue shirt, beige cords and battered moccasins.
William said the fact he was a prince made it hard to settle in at first.
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 English literary characters: Just William -- Eton collars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William like many other middle class and even working-class boys, did wear Eton collars William on many occassions donned an Eton collar which was usually sescribed as a "stiff" collar, to which he would object to mightly.
William of course was not to pleased about having to attend the tea party.
William at the appointed hour, was in a state of suppressed fury.
histclo.hispeed.com /lit/uk/wb/lukwb-ec.html   (801 words)

  
 The Just William Books of Richmal Crompton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The books are often known as the 'Just William' books after the title of the very first book published in 1922.
William Brown is one of the most popular fictional characters of all time.
William's adventures are recorded with keen observation and an even keener sense of humour by a writer of immense talent.
www.sharpsoftware.co.uk /william   (306 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Just William: No.1 (BBC Radio Collection) [Audiobook]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Just William is beautifully read by Martin Jarvis.
William's antics appeal to a boy's sense of adventure and mischief.
Just one of these sensational storys is "The Show," and there is just as much fun and frolic in this one as the rest!
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563410825   (706 words)

  
 Ongoing Children's Stories ~ Just William
William drew a deep breath at the end, and still sucking, arose with the throng and passed out.
William's father, who had stayed at home that day because of a bad headache and a touch of liver, picked himself up from the middle of a rhododendron bush and seized William by the back of his neck.
William had never seen it done in real life, but he supposed that was the way you did get old paint off.
www.ongoing-tales.com /SERIALS/oldtime/STORIES/WILLIAM/William01.html   (3273 words)

  
 Just William
This is just a blog, don't expect anything fancy, just a few links and a few words of wisdom, no videos, or pictures, or anything exciting like that.
All in all NZ was the best country I have ever visited, however I could not live or work there, it is just not London.
I had him on the floor doing excersize, I just can't believe someone would do that job, must be one of the new EU members being exploited for our amusement, sweet.
www.justwilliam.blogspot.com   (1404 words)

  
 James, William on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Contemporary challenges to William James's white crow: William James's belief that he had found his white crow, thereby proving the legitimacy of spiritualism as a suitable subject for a science of psychology, evoked...
William C. Hanson.(president of NAI/James E. Hanson Inc. announces lease of Lincoln Property Co. owned office space to Vitts Network Inc.)(Brief Article)
Mock battle between James II and William III "King Billy", who won the battle of Boyne (1690).
www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/JamesW1i.asp   (804 words)

  
 BBC 7 - Drama - Just William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Brown made his first appearance in a Richmal Crompton (1890-1969) short story in 1919.
William has since been known affectionately as “Just William” and, it could be said, he presented children with their first example of an anarchic, rebellious role model, ever curious and keen to get up to mischief.
When Miss Drew, his class teacher, keeps William behind in class Crompton notes “There was a faint perfume about her, and William the devil-may-care pirate and robber-chief, the stern despiser of all things effeminate, felt the first dart of the malicious blind god.”
www.bbc.co.uk /bbc7/drama/progpages/justwilliam.shtml   (296 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Just William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He is-- just William!" --From the jacket of an edition from the 1940s.
You follow William from the 20s, through the war and beyond, he is there when tv is invented, he is there all through it, but he is always 11 years old.
He and his mates never change and never lose the will to enjoy life and laugh at problems Comfort reading of the highest order, kids today with their Harry Potter and Playstations should not be kept away from excellent writing like this.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0333534085   (641 words)

  
 Weddings - Just William Chocolates
A popular Just William gift for each wedding guest is the Just William Individual Bonbonniere Box which holds 2 delicious hand made chocolates.
These pretty, cream boxes are beautifully tied on four sides with a ribbon to complement the bridesmaid dresses, the flowers on the table or the venue.
To help you have the perfect wedding the staff at Just William are happy to discuss the important choice of ribbon colour with you and will tie on tags or use personalized stickers on the boxes if requested.
www.justwilliam.com.au /jw_weddings.html   (303 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Just William
William Wordsworth wrote his great and radical autobiographical poem, The Prelude, in 1805.
Napper Architects' design is also important in that it shows how a national collection can be located successfully in a village, while demonstrating how local building traditions can be developed imaginatively leading to new building types that work with heritage culture without being subservient to it.
The use of materials here is exemplary; the Jerwood Centre belongs to Grasmere, while bringing something freshly creative to the Lakeland village, just as William Wordsworth did 200 years ago.
www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,1462222,00.html   (1057 words)

  
 Richmal Crompton -Just William
William was born out of these short stories.
A quick sucession of William books were produced, at least one a year upto 1942.
Besides the William books she wrote a number of adult fiction books but these never reached the same level of sucess.
www.btinternet.com /~ajarvis/crompton.htm   (354 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | Just William says Prince
Prince William has asked not to be called His Royal Highness when he comes of age.
Royal staff are not expected to address Prince William as "Sir" and may refer to him just as William.
Further disputes arose when the BBC and Sky News said they were unhappy with the arrangements for sharing official video footage of the prince at Eton, which has been shot by a cameraman from ITN.
news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk/newsid_794000/794020.stm   (499 words)

  
 The Just William Books Of Richmal Crompton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The William titles are now among the most collectable of all children's books, with some first editions in dustwrappers so scarce that they very rarely come on to the market.
The dustjacket is price clipped but otherwise complete, with just a few small nicks, creases, and rubs around the edges, with a half inch closed tear at the top of the spine.
The dustjacket is price clipped but otherwise complete, with just a few small nicks, creases, and rubs around the edges, slight soiling to the rear cover, and slight fading to the spine.
www.20thcenturybooks.co.uk /william   (3944 words)

  
 Moviefone: Just William Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The NY Times review of Just William, a Graham Cutts film starring and.
Just William movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader reviews are also...
The NY Times review of Just William's Luck, a Val Guest film starring William Graham and Garry Marsh.
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 Antelope E-Books on CD-ROM ~ Just William
It all began with William's aunt, who was in a good temper that morning, and gave him a shilling for posting a letter for her and carrying her parcels from the grocer's.
After deep calculations, based on the fact that a shilling is the equivalent of two sixpences, he came to the conclusion that both luxuries could be indulged in.
William was not in the habit of frequenting Picture Palaces.
www.antelope-ebooks.com /OLDNEW/WILLIAM/William01.html   (3158 words)

  
 Children's Story Book Just William
The series of William books by Richmal Crompton delighted young readers when Grandpa was a boy, and now Antelope Publishing has brought the irrepressible boy and his outrageous escapades to life with electronic media.
Children of all ages, as well as folks who were once children, will enjoy this classic tale of a young boy who at one time was "the most popular boy in fiction".
Just William was first published in 1922 (making it out of copyright in the U.S.)
www.ongoing-tales.com /SERIALS/oldtime/STORIES/WILLIAM   (329 words)

  
 Corporate - Just William Chocolates
Just William Chocolates are an excellent choice for Corporate Gifts to give to your clients, staff and suppliers.
Just William Chocolates can provide you with the complete gift.
We cater for every occasion, from platters of assorted Just William Chocolates to one or several hundred beautifully presented Just William Chocolate Gift Boxes.
www.justwilliam.com.au /jw_corporate.html   (206 words)

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