tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post267861977929765140..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: SkentleberyStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-41981416144645613882021-06-05T15:35:56.138+01:002021-06-05T15:35:56.138+01:00Thank you, David. For anyone interested, here'...Thank you, David. For anyone interested, <a href="https://amzn.to/3uTCwzc" rel="nofollow">here's a link</a>. I would still love to know the titles of the contributions you made to Combat Library to complete the list of your war comics.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-18023957989912941422021-06-05T15:10:23.032+01:002021-06-05T15:10:23.032+01:00Hi Steve,
You might like to know that my book &quo...Hi Steve,<br />You might like to know that my book "The No Hoper" has been published by Amazon this week. It is a description of my school days, and shortly after, told, I hope, in a humorous fashion.<br />I can confirm that the list of Commando titles you have were indeed by me.<br />David Skentelbery Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583946230322991190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-59825916333736229822020-05-23T16:02:03.825+01:002020-05-23T16:02:03.825+01:00Thanks, David. Chic Checkley published a great man...Thanks, David. Chic Checkley published a great many fantastic stories at Commando. I'll be interested to learn which stories you wrote for Combat once you can get to them.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-71591233519693370062020-05-23T15:40:13.003+01:002020-05-23T15:40:13.003+01:00Hi Steve
Yes - it was Combat that I wrote two titl...Hi Steve<br />Yes - it was Combat that I wrote two titles for. They were both ideas that had been rejected by Commando. They only paid half the fee that Thomson paid and a had a hell of a job getting the money out of them. I did submit one to Fleetway but they didn't like it so I never bothered with them again.<br />At Commando I dealt with an editor named C.E.W. Checkley and got to know the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583946230322991190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-87596233431195895522020-05-23T15:06:53.744+01:002020-05-23T15:06:53.744+01:00Hi David, Good to hear from you. The other two com...Hi David, Good to hear from you. The other two companies publishing at that time were Fleetway (War, Battle, Air Ace) and G.M. Smith/Micron (Combat). Maybe Pearsons, although they may have stopped by 1964. Perhaps when lockdown is over you'll be able to confirm who it was and what titles you did.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-40188978706959257042020-05-23T12:42:18.593+01:002020-05-23T12:42:18.593+01:00Hi#
David Skentelbery here.
Yes, I wrote quite a f...Hi#<br />David Skentelbery here.<br />Yes, I wrote quite a few Commando books, and a couple for another company, the name of which I can't recall.<br />As you will know, Thomson re-issued Commando books under different names so I can't confirm that all those listed were by me. But the titles are similar to the original ones. I have copies of most of mine but at present haven't got Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583946230322991190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-48071810040798632222020-05-23T11:38:48.751+01:002020-05-23T11:38:48.751+01:00Thanks for getting in touch, Gary. Much appreciate...Thanks for getting in touch, Gary. Much appreciated. Thomsons only listed surnames in their records, so even with help from the company, discovering who wrote and drew these classic war stories is still a case of detective work coupled with the occasional bit of luck. I'm pleased to hear that your Dad is still around... perhaps he has a story to tell about his time on the Commando treadmill Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-26157679539100392042020-05-23T10:54:35.429+01:002020-05-23T10:54:35.429+01:00I can confirm the author is David George Skentelbe...I can confirm the author is David George Skentelbery - My Father who is still alive and kicking in Lymm. I will forward him this link. We are both still working journalists although my father is currently on lockdown aged 82. We run the website www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk whch has been my home town for 57 years. He wrote the books for extra money when I was born.Gary Skentelberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893472626774203383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-75129794519991371242018-07-02T22:23:25.594+01:002018-07-02T22:23:25.594+01:00Hello
In search of the history of the former Irish...Hello<br />In search of the history of the former Irish ambassador in Argentina, Michael Leo Skentelberry, I came across your blog where you tell joking anecdotes about your meeting with Skentelberry. Yes, indeed, the man seemed to suffer from Parkinson's and even had a small limp that seemed to walk making small heights. In the blog you say that there are more photographs about the event WAYASADAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140576079114561110noreply@blogger.com