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Lovell Brown, a young reporter on the Kingsport Chronicle. Syd Mail, his senior. Councillor Robert Carne of Maythorpe Hall, a sporting farmer. Alderman Farrow, a memory. Alderman Anthony Snaith, a rich business man. A Fat Reporter, from the Yorkshire Record. Alderman Mrs. Beddows, née Emma Tuke. Councillor Saxon, a local celebrity. Alderman General The Honourable Sir Ronald Tarkington, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., of Lissell Grange, Chairman of the South Riding County Council. Leet of Kyle Hillock, a farmer. Councillor Captain Gryson, a retired regular army officer. Lord Knaresborough, a pre-war beau of Muriel Carne. Councillor Peacock, member for Cold Harbour Division. Councillor (afterwards Alderman) Astell, a Socialist. Miss L. P. Holmes, retiring Head Mistress of Kiplington High School for Girls. Miss Sarah Burton, M.A. (Leeds), B.Litt. (Oxon), the new head mistress. Midge Carne, Carne's fourteen-year-old daughter. Elsie, Carne's maid. Appleton, labourer on Carne's farm. Topper Beachall, labourer on roads at Maythorpe. Miss Malt, once governess to Midge. William Carne, Robert's younger brother, architect at Harrogate. Baron Sedgmire, Carne's father-in-law. Castle, Carne's foreman. Mrs. Castle, his wife. Dolly Castle, his daughter. Muriel Carne, née Sedgmire, Carne's wife, in a mental home. George Hicks, Carne's groom. Eli Dickson, a dairy-farmer, tenant of Carne. Mr. Banner, killed in the hunting field. Polly, Mr. Dickson's pony. Mr. and Mrs. Tadman, grocers of Kiplington. Councillor Tubbs, member of County Council.
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rejected candidates for
head mistress-ship.
Miss Torrence
Miss Slaker
Miss Hammond
Miss Dry
The Rev. Milward Peckover, Rector of Kiplington.
Chloe Beddows, Ph.D., daughter of Mrs. Beddows, Lecturer in English at the Sorbonne.
Dr. Dale, D.D., Congregationalist minister at Kiplington.
Colonel Collier, Chairman of Governors of the High School.
Mr. Drew, Estate Agent, Governor of High School.
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parents of Miss
Sarah Burton.
Burton, Blacksmith at Lipton Hunter
Mrs. Burton, a midwife—married to Burton
Mr. Briggs, a Lawyer, Governor of High School.
Cissie Tadman, daughter of the Tadmans, pupil at High School.
Mr. Fretton, Manager of Midland Bank, Kiplington.
Wendy Beddows, granddaughter of Alderman Mrs. Beddows.
Jim Beddows, Auctioneer, Mrs. Beddows' husband.
Mr. Fred Mitchell, Insurance Agent.
Nancy Mitchell, his wife.
Peggy Mitchell, his baby daughter.
Barnabas Holly, builder's labourer.
Annie Holly, his wife.
Bert Holly, his son, aged 16.
Lydia Holly, his daughter, aged 14.
Daisy Holly, his daughter, aged 12.
Alice Holly, his daughter, aged 8.
Gertie Holly, his daughter, aged 7.
Kitty Holly, his daughter, aged 4.
Len Holly, his son, aged 10 months.
Madame Hubbard, a draper's wife, runs dancing classes.
Mr. Hubbard, her husband.
Gladys Hubbard, their daughter.
Miss Tudling, head mistress of elementary school, Maythorpe.
Pat and Jerry, campers at the Shacks.
Grandpa Sellars, father-in-law to Topper Beachall.
Willy Beddows, Mrs. Beddows' son, a widower.
Mr. Cross, a member of the Rescue and Preventive Committee at York.
Sybil Beddows, Mrs. Beddows' spinster daughter.
Councillor Alfred Ezekiel Huggins, of Pidsea Buttock, haulage contractor and lay preacher.
Mrs. Harrod, friend of Mrs. Beddows.
Miss Tattersall, Head Mistress of the South London United School for Girls.
Pattie, Sarah Burton's married sister.
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London friends of Sarah Burton.
Derrick
Tony
Nick
Jerry Bryon, a singer.
Nell Huggins, wife of Councillor Huggins.
Freda Armstrong, her married daughter.
Mrs. Ransom, worshipper at the Methodist Church, Kiplington.
Miss Dolores Jameson, Classics Mistress at the High School.
Philip (Pip) Parkhurst, Miss Jameson's fiancé.
Bill Heyer, an ex-serviceman smallholder.
Agnes Sigglesthwaite, B.Sc., Science Mistress at the High School.
Jean Marsh, pupil to Madame Hubbard.
Mrs. Marsh, her mother.
Gracie Pinker, another pupil.
Mrs. Pinker, her mother.
Roy Carbery, friend of Sarah Burton, killed in war.
Old Mr. Coster, an old sportsman.
Mr. Laidlow, a farmer near Garfield.
Mr. Stathers, smallholder, tenant of Snaith.
Councillor Beale, member of South Riding Council.
Mrs. Barker, a Methodist at Spunlington.
Bessy Warbuckle, a girl at Spunlington.
Reg Aythorne, marries Bessy Warbuckle.
Police Sergeant Burt of Leeds, friend of Sawdon.
Tom Sawdon, landlord of the Nag's Head, Maythorpe.
Lily Sawdon, his wife.
Mrs. Deane, Christian Scientist in Leeds.
Chrissie Beachall, married to Topper.
Elsie and Doris Waters, broadcast entertainers.
Mrs. Corner, landlady to Astell.
Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist M.P.
Miss Parsons, Matron at the High School.
Ben Latter, Socialist M.P., once engaged to Sarah Burton.
Jan Van Raalt, South African farmer, once engaged to Sarah Burton.
Miss Masters, English Mistress at the High School.
Jill Jackson, pupil at the High School.
Miss Becker, Games Mistress at the High School.
Miss Ritchie, Junior Mistress.
Mr. Turnbull, a farmer near Maythorpe.
Black Hussar, Carne's heavyweight hunter.
Sir Rupert Calderdyke, founder of Cold Harbour Colony.
Mrs. Brimsley, smallholder at Cold Harbour.
George and Nat, her sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Christie, servants to Snaith.
Chadwick, a warehouse builder.
Sir John Simon, a Tom Cat owned by Alderman Snaith.
Beryl Bryson, pupil at High School.
Edie Sigglesthwaite, sister of Science Mistress.
Professor Gelder, scientist at Cambridge.
Ursula Crossfield, Jim Beddows' sister.
Mr. Crossfield, her husband.
Rose Crossfield, their daughter.
Colonel Whitelaw, Alderman, Chairman of Public Assistance Committee.
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Midge's friends at the High School.
Gwyneth Rogers
Nancy Grey
Lesley Tucker
Judy Peacock
Jennifer Howe
Mrs. Grey, Nancy's mother.
Mr. Stillman, an undertaker.
Rex, an Alsatian, bought by Tom Sawdon.
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married daughters, of Mr. and Mrs. Sawdon.
Addie
Maimie
Dr. Stretton, Specialist at Kingsport.
Sir Wilson Hemingway, Specialist at Leeds.
Pratt, a commercial traveller.
An ex-Officer, camping at the Shacks.
Lady Collier, aunt of Colonel Collier.
Ernst, German Communist friend of Sarah Burton.
Matron at The Laurels, Harrogate.
Dr. McClemman, psychiatrist at Harrogate.
Mr. Thompson, a Relieving Officer.
Millie Roper, a dressmaker.
Mrs. Brass, a jeweller's wife.
Mrs. Snagg, landlady to Millie Roper.
Ricky Barnes, a carrier.
David Shirley, a coal merchant.
Mrs. Pollin, a drug taker.
Mrs. Ford, an inmate of the County Mental Hospital.
Dr. Flint, Medical Officer at the County Mental Hospital.
Mother Maisie, inmate at County Mental Hospital.
Kate Theresa, a kitten at the Mental Hospital.
Miss Tremaine, a deaconess.
Spurling, an employee of Huggins.
Bertie Beddows, son of Jim and Emma, gassed in France.
Stanley Dollan, retired solicitor, afterwards Councillor.
Miss Emily Teasdale, Board of Education Inspector.
Miss Vane, succeeds Miss Sigglesthwaite as Science Mistress.
Dr. Wytton, Medical Officer of Health for South Riding.
Mr. Edwin Smithers, Clerk to the County Council.
Mr. Prizethorpe, County Librarian.
Commander Stephen King-Hall, Broadcasts a description of the Silver Jubilee Procession.
