AVON NEWSLETTER

AVON NEWSLETTER #50

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: January 1993
Format: A5 digest, 44 pp., white card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Dan Bowden, "Brake's Even in Bedtime for Brake" (graphic story; humor)
Carrie Hewlett, "Vengeance" (winner, Take Three competition; real world; not a B7 story)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Letter from Janet and Paul
Ann Bown, cryptic questions puzzle
"Sue Chadwick Writes"
Janet Lees Price, "A Week in the Life of an Actor on Tour: Paul's Touring Timetable"
"Macbeth" (theatre reviews by Jackie Willmott, Christine Anne Dixon, Sue Chadwick)
"'Worthy Macbeth, We Stay Upon Your Leisure:' In Conversation with Paul Darrow, Winchester, December 1992" (interview by Sue Chadwick, Ann Bown, and Joe Bown)
Janet Lees Price, "From Brown Paper Parcels to 'Is He a Draw?'" (autobiography)
Sue Chadwick, "A Week Away" (PD answers questions)
Clipping on B7 from Stage and TV Today
Letters
Ads

Art:
photo front c. PD in "Macbeth"
p. 4 model set (raffle prize)
p. 10 miniature book
Dan Bowden pp. 19-21 "Brake's Even"
back c. PD in "Macbeth"

AVON NEWSLETTER #51

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: April 1993
Format: A5 digest, 28 pp., pale blue card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Brenda Sadler, "A Brief Interlude" (S3, Rumours)
Ben Mott, "Soap's Seven" (S2; humor)

Poetry:
Tor, "Killer" (A-V)
Belinda Sadler, "Avon's Adverbs" (humor)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Maureen Marrs, crossword puzzle
Paul Darrow, "'An Actor's Life for Me'" (autobiography)
Janet Lees Price, "Resting? You Must Be Joking!" (autobiography)
"Sue Chadwick Writes"
Judith M. Seaman, "Gauda Prime: A Cause Enough for Killing" (essay)
Letters
Ads

Art:
photo front c. A in Warlord
back c. S1 A

AVON NEWSLETTER #52

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: July 1993
Format: A5 digest, 32 pp., salmon card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Daniel and Susan Bowden, "Sneers" (Brake's Even; graphic story; Cheers parody; humor)
?, untitled letter from Roj Blake (S5; humor)
Judith M. Seaman, "The Friendship Factor" (S5; A-V)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Note from Janet and Paul
Ben Mott, puzzle
"Extracts from Paul Darrow's One-Man Show... Orbit... August 3, 1990" (transcribed by Barbara Teichert)
"Sue Chadwick Writes" (intro to "What If" competition)
Sue Christian, "Thirteen Hours in Hell's Kitchen" (article)
Letters
"Avon 2: Nemesis by Carol Wyke" (zine review by Jean Graham, reprinted from THE REVEL TIMES, June 1993)
Ads

Art:
photo front c. S4 A
p. 19 puppy "Avon"
back c. S1 A
Linda Bingham p. 13 cartoon
Dan Bowden pp. 16-17 "Brake's Even"
p. 32 "The Blake's Seven Video Mix '92" (cartoon ad)

AVON NEWSLETTER #53

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: October 1993
Format: A5 digest, 32 pp., green card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Barbara Sherren, "Should Winter End" (alt-S3, alt-post- Aftermath)
Nina Lynch, "Commercial Break" (S2; humor)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Letter from Paul and Janet
Carole Howell, double crossword puzzle
"Sue Chadwick Writes"
Ros Williams, "The Search for Blake" (essay)
"Rough Crossing" (theatre review by Sue Chadwick)
Janet, "I Just Called to Say..." (autobiography)
Letters
Helen Parkinson, "I Used to Be Sweet and Innocent" (essay)
Ads

Art:
cover playbill for "Rough Crossing"
Linda Bingham p. 27 cartoon
Dan Bowden p. 32 "Brake's Even" cartoon

AVON NEWSLETTER #54

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: January 1994
Format: A5 digest, 28 pp., pink card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Julz Monckton, "The Nightmare" (S4; A)
Daniel and Susan Bowden, from an original idea by Lukas
Bowden, "Brake's Even in 'Oh No It Isn't!'" (graphic story; humor)
Judith M. Seaman, "Martha's Son" (S3, Sarcophagus)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Richard Gere, "What If... You Knew Who I Am?"
"Sue Chadwick Writes" (winners of What If competition)
Kathy Holt, "The Silver Sky" (radio play review, with writeup of plot as story)
"A Ledge between the Streams by Juditn M. Seaman, and Blake's Seven-- The True Story by Ros Williams"
(zine reviews by Jean Graham, reprinted from THE REVEL TIMES)
Ads
Libby Rator, "Decline of the Drivel Drones"

Art:
photo front c. PD in "Rough Crossing"
p. 15 PD in "Silver Sky"
back c. S1 A
Dan Bowden pp. 16-18 "Brake's Even"

AVON NEWSLETTER #55

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: April 1994
Format: A5 digest, 28 pp., yellow card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Judith M. Seaman, "Ghost Writers" (S5; humor)
Ros Williams, "Despair" (S5)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Carol Handy, "3 in 1 Word Search" (puzzle)
Janet Darrow, "Darrow's Double Act" (autobiography)
"Sue Chadwick Writes" (intro to "Blake's Seven-- The Movie" competition)
Letters
Judith M. Seaman, "All Your LIfe We Will Be with You" (review of radio program on "The Fly," with PD doing some readings)
Jani Fleet, "Sample of Questions and/or Discrepancies from B7 Episodes, As Well As a Few Small, But Interesting, Facts"
Judith M. Seaman, "For What It's Worth" (essay)
Ads
Insert: contents of Newsletters 27-54

Art:
photo front c. S4 A
back c. S2 A, Se
Linda Bingham p. 15 cartoon
p. 22 cartoon

AVON NEWSLETTER #56

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: July 1994
Format: A5 digest, 28 pp., pale green card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Daniel and Susan Bowden, "Brake's Even in 'No Flies on Me!'" (graphic story; humor)
Barbara Sherren, "Spring's Bleak Dawn" (sequel to "Should Winter End" in #53; alt-S3)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Carole Howell, crossword puzzle
"Sue Chadwick Writes"
Letters
Helen Parkinson, "Within These Walls" (review of 1975 TV series with JLP and PD)
?, "Testing Times" (essay)
Judith M. Seaman, "Collision at Jupiter" (review of BBC science show with PD doing voiceovers)
Ads

Art:
photo cover PD as Demon Greedy (in pantomime, 1963)
p. 11 PD in "Within These Walls"
Linda Bingham p. 2 Liberator cartoon
Dan Bowden pp. 12-17 "Brake's Even"

AVON NEWSLETTER #57

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: October 1994
Format: A5 digest, 24 pp., pale blue card cover, center staples
(No fiction in this issue.)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Christmas wishes from Paul and Janet
"Sue Chadwick Writes"
Janet Darrow, "From 'The Sublime to the Ridiculous' or, Film Star to Working Actor" (autobiography)
"Deadfall" (theater reviews by Judith Rolls, Judith M. Seaman, Helen Parkinson, Peter Tatlow [from The Stage, 6/10/94]
Letters
"Faith, Hope and Charity by Judith M. Seaman" (zine review by Jean Graham, reprinted from THE REVEL TIMES, October 1994)
Ads

Art:
photos cover PD & "Deadfall" costar
pp. 12-13 "Deadfall" clippings
Maureen Marrs p. 3 photo montage of PD's roles
Linda Bingham p. 4 Se-V-O cartoon

AVON NEWSLETTER #58

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: January 1995
Format: A5 digest, 24 pp., pale orange card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Nicolene van den Berg, "Deja Vu" (S5; A)
Daniel and Susan Bowden, "Brake's Even" (graphic story; humor)
Judith Proctor, "One Summer's Day" (S2 or later; A-ocm)

Poetry:
Jacqui Topp, "Alone and Silent-- For Eternity" (Sarcophagus alien)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Carole Howell, crossword puzzle
"Sue Chadwick Writes"
Helen Parkinson, "The Poisoning of Charles Bravo" (TV review of 1974-75 show with PD)
Avon 4 (zine review by Jean Graham, reprinted from THE REVEL TIMES, April 1994)
Letters
Viv Callaway, "Within Those Walls" (account of visit to B.B.C. studio; reprinted from STANDARD BY SEVEN #4 [UK, 1979])
Ads

Art:
photo cover PD
Dan Bowden pp. 10-14 "Brake's Even"

AVON NEWSLETTER #59

Editor: Ann Bown (Basingstoke, Hampshire)
Date: May 1995
Format: A5 digest, 24 + [6] pp., yellow card cover, center staples

Fiction:
Judith M. Seaman, "Dancing for Themselves"
Daniel and Susan Bowden, "Brake's Even in 'Remember Last Issue? Well, This Is Part 2'" (graphic story; humor)

Nonfiction:
Ann, editorial
Viv Gover, crossword puzzle
Paul Darrow, "'Whatever Happened to...?' or 'Where Is He Now?' or 'BT or not BT'" (autobiography)
"Sue Chadwick Writes" (with clippings on success of charity appeal)
Maureen Mars and Helen Parkinson, B7 movie cast lists (humor)
Letters
Helen Parkinson, "You Know You Are an Avon/Blake's Seven Fan When" (humor)
Ads

Art:
photos cover PD in "The Legend of Robin Hood"
p. 19 PD in "Deadfall"
Dan Bowden unnumbered center pp. "Brake's Even"


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