Hi Derek Thanks so much for looking. Not sure if these are connected, but you never know! Joanna > > Hi Joanna, > > No Herbert MANSFIELD but it does mention the following in the Obits section > MANSFIELD Alfred F Actor and Manager died 19 Apr 1938 (Age 60) > MANSFIELD Alice Actress died 17 Feb 1938 (Age 80) > MANSFIELD Richard Actor and Manager died 30 Aug 1907 (age 53) > > no mentuion of BLATCHLEY at all I'm afraid > > regards > Derek Ive > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <joanna.blatchley@btinternet.com> > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 6:15 PM > Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Oscar Asche > > > Hi Derek > Thanks for your kind offer. Does it give anything on William Edwin BLATCHLEY > and/or Herbert MANSFIELD, please? > Thanks very much. > Joanna > > > > According to Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed 1947) > > > > ASCHE, Oscar, Actor, Manager, Dramatic Author and Producer died 23 Mar > 1936 > > (Age 65). It also says that he only left £20 in his will. > > > > Just in case their are any new people on the list, I am quite happy to do > > lookups in Whos Who in the Theatre (10th Ed 1947) > > > > > > Hope this helps > > regards > > Derek Ive > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Chris Goddard <chris@webrarian.co.uk> > > To: <THEATRE-UK-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [THEATRE-UK] Oscar Asche > > > > > > Asche and his wife Lily Brayton are both buried in the churchyard of All > > Saints, Bisham, Berkshire, England. You can see a photo of the church > here: > > > > http://www.berkshirehistory.com/churches/bisham.html > > > > > Source:http://www.btinternet.com/~david.greenwood45/mas/reports/20010701_mar > > low_bisham_graveyards.htm > > > > "Oscar Ashe and Lily Brayton, whose musical, Chin Chin Chow, was popular > on > > the West End stage. (Later we were to see photographs of the theatrical > > couple from Patricias archives.) We heard that Lily found her husband, > > Oscar, in a compromising position with a chorus girl, and from that day > > forward refused to live with him. Later Oscar fell on hard times. Lily, > > comfortably retired with her faithful dresser for a companion, felt sorry > > for her erring husband and supported him financially (but still in a > > separate abode) until he died in 1936. Lily died in 1952 and they lie, > > finally together, in Bisham churchyard." > > > > > > There's more about the church, and who else is buried there, here: > > > > http://parishes.oxford.anglican.org/marlow/bish.htm > > > > > > Chris > > > > -- > > Chris Goddard > > Plymouth, U.K > > www.webrarian.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > I use ARCHIVE CD BOOKS > for my research > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > > > I use ARCHIVE CD BOOKS for my research http://www.archivecdbooks.org