How does a Scot come to be secretary of the Arnold Bennett Society?...[Derived headline]

Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) | January 15, 2008 | Copyright

How does a Scot come to be secretary of the Arnold Bennett Society?

I came to live in the Potteries in the early 1960s with my parents and two sisters. About 16 years ago, a member of my book group in Trentham invited me to an Arnold Bennett Dinner. I joined the society, and the rest, as they say, is history. I'm also married to Graham, who was born in Waterloo Road (Trafalgar Road in the novels) in the same year that Bennett, below, died, so the writer is talked about a lot at home. I haven't yet read all the books, but I'm trying to read as many as I can.

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