HughW Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 No, but... Owen BRADSHAW bn 1890, whose service record is on Ancestry (indexed as 'Owens', service number 12/877) is described as a journalist on his attestation form. His medal card says he was a corporal, but also mentions 'A/Sgt' which I'm guessing means Acting Sergeant. It looks as though he started with the 12th Battalion but moved to the 13th. He ended the war as Brigade Clerk attached to the HQ of the 94th Yeoman Infantry Brigade. He was 'mildly' gassed in 1918. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 From Sheffield Archives holdings (from a list at the National Archives): Owen Bradshaw, journalist and artist: papers rel to Home Guard service, incl writings on camouflage, with scrap books and other ephemera 1928-88 (2004/30) Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 I have been trying to think of the name of the guy who was doing the Gloops drawings at The Star at the time the series came to an end. Someone did once tell me, but I can't find the note I made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublugee Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hello Hugh...many thanks for your prompt and detailed reply to my query about Owen Bradshaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Some cartoons by people like Heap and Briault are featured on http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/ and I am hoping to post a picture of Gloops --though I am still searching for the name of the guy who was the last of the Gloops illustrators on The Star. When I find it, I'll be back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi Dublugee-- Re Owen Bradshaw, I have been looking at The Star for 1946 today and, hey presto, I found an obit for Owen Bradshaw. He died suddenly at the age of 56 on Friday November 8th 1946. Apparently he was the author of Gloops (The Star) cartoons from 1936 to just days before his death in the Royal Infirmary. He started out with the Weekly Telegraph as a boy in 1904 and later became an artist and sub-editor on that paper, subsequently working as an artist with The Star. During WW1 he was with the City Battalion (sgt), and served with the Home Guard in WW2. He left a widow and a daughter, and at the time of his death his family home was at 44 Watt Lane, Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 There is also a reference to Owen Bradshaw on http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/ with illustrations, in case anyone is especially interested in adding to our knowledge of Sheffield cartoonists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dublugee Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Thanks Redfyre for filling in on cartoonist Owen Bradshaw. Re your Gloops research: The Star's jolly cartoon cat was being drawn around 1950 by Walter Chambers. All Gloops Club members will have fond memories of 'Aunt Edith' (Edith Outram) while members of the Sheffield Telegraph Childrens' Ring will remember 'Uncle Timothy' (city councillor Ernest Tindall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 I remember when you could walk into The Star shop on High Street and talk to Aunt Edith.She was a very kind lady, and as kids we thought it great that it was so easy to meet her. In later years, I met Ernest Tindall, and he, too, was the sort of man you would love to have as your grandfather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfyre Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 I have come across a cutting re the sequence of artists who drew Gloops in The Star. The first was Ken Sydney, then came Owen Bradshaw (known as Cousin Toby), and the last one was Walter Chambers, who took over at a moment's notice when Bradshaw died. I would be interested in knowing more about Ken Sydney, and, indeed, Walter Chambers. Anyone got any info? The Gloops cartoon celebrated its 25th anniversary in mid 1953, and The Star produced a souvenir section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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