I`m guessing that youthful admirers of Linda Peters would have been taken aback (to say the least) to learn that `Linda` was in fact Bolton-born Arthur Catherall, a veteran of both the RAF and the cotton industry.
Arthur was fond of pseudonyms and was also known as A R Channel, Dan Corby, J Baltimore, Peter Hallard, Trevor Maine and Margaret Ruthin.
He was an accomplished writer of books aimed at both youngsters and adults. The ever-informative Jim Mackenzie points out that he was a more-than-usually interesting writer who "disliked unnecessary violence" and "fostered a truly international spirit". This internationalism seems to have been borne of his wartimne experiences, serving in the RAF from 1940 - 1945 in Bengal, Burma, Europe, Africa and the Far East.
Our copy of Adventure at Brackendale is at 3517 in our listings.
To read Mr Mackenzie`s admirable account of Catherall`s career in creativity, check out
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