Lucy Munro

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Professional literature geek. Theatre history and weird old plays. Leyton Orient aficionada. Writing a book about the Globe and Blackfriars Playhouses. she/her

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello, Bluesky! I've had an account for a bit but haven't posted, so here's a bit of current research. This is the signature of Margaret Brend Zinzan, from a deposition in the Court of Chancery in April 1626 (TNA, C 24/521). (1/3)

An early seventeenth-century signature saying 'margret zinzan'.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 10h

A early appearance of Orient F.C. in the pages of Sporting Life, 9 February 1895, as the first team take on Hampsted “on own ground at Clapton”, with a line-up featuring such luminaries as E.A. “Teddie” Wiggins and R.P. “Pomp” Haines. #lofc #lofcpress

ORIENT F.C.
v. Hampsted. — On own ground at Clapton. Kick-off, 3.0. o’clock.
T. Longsreethe, S. Gillies, G. Archer, R. Rodick, W. Bradford, A. Russell, N. Gibson, Humphreys, E. Wiggins, A. Haines, A Gardiner. Linesman, Mr. J. Cole; referee, Mr. G. Gill.
A v. Leymor, on Hackney Marshes (Clapton League fixture). Kick-off, 3.0. D. Matthews, E. Hudson, C. Evans, M. Wiggins, E. Fairhead, J. Gibson, F. Mason, J. Laxton, W. Barrow, A. Gerrarrd, F. Williams. Linesman, Mr. J. Deering.
B v. St Peter’s (Clapton Alliance). — On Hackey Marshes. Kickoff, 3.0. J. Divr, Ciss Nicholls, Tallant, H. Coles, P. Sears, J. Nash, J. Gregory, C. Chapman, A. Miller, Haddow, and Harris.
Reserves, Russell and Leigh.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 1d

There was a journal in the 1920s called The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News - than might be one place to start!

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 1d

1926! I am very tired.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 1d

"A game which bored and irritated most of the 12,000 spectators at the Lea Bridge ground" is detailed in The Athletic News for 8 February 1826. Orient draw 0-0 with Hull despite the best efforts of Shea, "brainy as usual", and goalie Wood, "who once more gave a capital display". #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from The Athletic News, 8 February 1926. The report reads:

GAME THAT BORED.

Hull’s Offside Tactic Thwart Orient.

Clapton Orient .... 0 Hull City…..0

To what an extent Clapton Orient are indebted to Tonner for their recent successes was amply demonstrated against Hull City, when, in his absence through illness, the best the home side could do was to share the points as the result of a goalless draw in a game which bored and irritated most of the 12,000 spectators at the Lea Bridge ground.
There was not the least sting in the Orient attack, this being chiefly due to the inability of the forwards to avoid the off-side trap set for them by Bell and Gibson, who proved themselves most skilful exponents of the tactics for which the Hull manager, Peter M’Cracken, was so famous in his playing days.
As a spectacle the game was ruined by the succession of free-kicks, and a good deal of noisy disapproval was shown by the crowd to the methods of the Hull backs.
The result was quite a fair one, for neither side could claim any superiority. Hull did more attacking - that is the attacking that mattered - but although Townrow was not at his best, and Rosier and Evans made a number of mistakes, they rarely seemed likely to beat Wood, who once more gave a capital display.
The Orient goalkeeper was more severely tested than Maddison, for Gibson and Bell gave the opposing forwards few opportunities of shooting.
There was no more finished player on either side than O’Brien, who prevented Cock opening out the game, and also assisted his own forwards to good purpose.
Shea, who took Tooner’s place, was brainy as usual, and he and Gavigan were the most prominent of the home forwards, but the absence of the speed and dash that characterised the efforts of the line in the previous week’s Cup-tie was very noticeable.

The names of the teams and referee follow.

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Nick S @holgate.permanent.red · 1d

This is entirely correct / back in the day I was picked to ask Kermit a question at a Thing (all the questions were scripted but askers were allowed to embellish a little) and in the moment I was absolutely talking to Kermit, who is real.

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

abraconagra @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE

ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!

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Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · 2d

Voting for new Trustees closes on February 15! Make your voice heard by voting today: shakespeareassociation.org/2026-ballot/

Black and white image of a hand placing a ballot into the opening at the top of a ballot box. Blue text on top of the image reads “hashtag shax 2026 officer elections” and shares the February 15 deadline for voting. End ID.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! I couldn’t resist it but did wonder - I might have a root around and see if I can find anything. Wood sounds amazing.

Adam Rothman aced his cognitive test @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2d

I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 2d

According to The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club, 1904-2002 (archive.org/details/menw...), Wood wore “tent-like” shorts with a large pocket sewn into them in which he kept fruit to eat during a match: “it was nothing to see him whip out an apple when the home players were upfield”. (2/2)

The Men Who Made Leyton Orient Football Club, 1904-2002 (The Men Who Made) : Neil Kaufman : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 2d

Legendary Orient goalie Arthur Wood in action during a 0-0 draw against Hull at Millfields Road, published in the Sunday Mirror on 7 February 1926. (1/2) #lofc #lofcpress

A black-and-white photo of a football match, showing a goalkeeper in dark clothing leaping to tip the ball over the crossbar. In front of him, closer to the camera, is an outfield player for Clapton Orient in a white shirt with a dark V on the back. In the background can be seen an opposition player, who is looking at the goal, and a oacked terrace looming behind him. A caption reads: “CLAPTON ORIENT goalkeeper, Wood, tips the ball smartly over the bar. Hull City drew with their London hosts without scoring after a keen match. Orient tried hard without finding the net.”

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 2d

The Orient appear not to have missed him, to be fair, as they won 0-1, with McFadden getting the goal.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 3d

I was trying not to give away your secret identity.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 3d

Or that they should be making a lot of money from the Orient team, who are not capable of getting themselves out of bed and onto trains in time?

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 3d

I think it’s a reference to this: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl..., the implication being that he overslept!

Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain

As the clocks go forward for the start of British Summer Time, many of us will rue the loss of an hour in bed. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks?

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 3d

Reports of a logistical nightmare in The Star Green ‘Un, 6 February 1915, as Steel misses his train ahead of the Orient’s away game at Leeds. #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from The Star Green ‘Un, 6 February 1915:

Happy Ground for Knockers Up

Steel, the Clapton Orient centre-half, missed his train when the team visited Leeds, on Wednesday, which necessitated Scott, left-half, taking his place, and Joyce, and reserve, occupying the latter position.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 4d

@uncharteredstreets.bsky.social is now calling me a radioboffin.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 4d

In which @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, Laurence Publicover and I did a thing... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In Our Time - Henry IV Part 1 - BBC Sounds

Shakespeare's powerful exploration of power and succession with Hotspur, Hal and Falstaff.

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 4d

"THE SECRETS OF TRAINING REVEALED BY FAMOUS ATHLETES" in the pages of Sporting Life, 5 February 1912, as Fred Bevan joins colleagues from Brentford, QPR, Millwall, Woolwich Arsenal and Chelsea to laud the benefits of Sandow’s Health and Strength Cocoa. #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from Sporting Life, 5 February 1912, reading:

Mr F.W. Bevan, the popular “skipper” of the Clapton Orient team, says: —
“All my men have tried Sandow’s Health and Strength Cocoa. They find it beneficial in training, and think it is the best beverage for a half-time drink.”

No more practical, conclusive evidence than this could be desired in support of the claims of Sandow’s Cocoa to be the ideal drink-diet for the man in training.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 5d

But lo! A transformation! (3/3)

Headlines from The Star Green ‘Un, 4 February 1928:

CLAPTON ORIENT IN A TRANSFORMATION ACT AGAINST BARNSLEY.
Second Half Revival at Homerton.
POOR MARKSMANSHIP BY THE “REDS” - GODDERIDGE PLAYS GREAT GAME.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 5d

In The Holloway Press, “Norseman” is likewise pessimistic about the Os’ capacity to turn their form around. “To write of Clapton Orient is but to fall in line with the wave of disappointment down their way", he opines. He also has advice for those inclined to engage in transfer speculation. (2/3)

“Norseman” in The Holloway Press, 4 February 1928:

To write of Clapton Orient is but to fall in line with the wave of disappointment down their way. At the beginning of the season Orient went off with a bang, but all the time I ventured the opinion “that bang and fireworks were not enough to put the club in a high position in the tale.” When the club parted with — through dire necessity, we were told — a famous played, things did not improve. The Orient are at home to Barnsley this week, and will astonish the critics if they take both points.
In reply to “A.V.” — It is neither my business nor yours that Arsenal part with a player or players.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 5d

4 February 1928, and The Star Green ‘Un turns to visual art in a perplexing and frankly disturbing commentary on the Orient’s chances in their upcoming game against Barnsley. (1/3) #lofc #lofcpress

A black-and-white cartoon showing two figures under a headline saying “Gobbled”. On the left is a rotund man with a black beard, wearing a black cap, a black jacket, a white waistcoat and striped trousers. He is holding his hands out in a shrugging gesture, with his palms open. Attached to his head is a label saying “ORIENT”. On the right is a human-animal figure in a white cap, a black jacket, white waistcoat and white trousers. He has a small tail, attached to which is a label saying “BARNSLEY”. I’m not sure precisely what kind of animal he’s supposed to be - he’s a bit like a dog, a bit like a turtle, a bit like a parrot. Under the picture is a caption saying: “The Oriental: I got bitten last week. The Tyke: Ah! I got “Eaton.” (Clapton Orient, who were beaten last week, entertained Barnsley to-day. Eaton, of Barnsley, scored four of their eight goals against Fulham.)” It's all a bit unsettling.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 6d

Reports of a new goalie and a new - to me at least - nickname for the Orient in the Star Green ’Un, 3 February 1912 "Pearlies’ New Goalie": "Clapton Orient are trotting out a new goalkeeper named Hugall, who is a sound deputy for the big-fisted Bower". #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from The Star Green ’Un, 3 February 1912, reading:

Pearlies’ New Goalie

Clapton Orient are trotting out a new goalkeeper named Hugall, who is a sound deputy for the big-fisted Bower.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 6d

2 February! My brain is clearly scrambled at this point.

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Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · 6d

NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.3 is now published via Project Muse! This open access issue features articles on Margaret's presentation in Much Ado; an analysis of bushido in Kurosawa's Ran; and a pedagogy-oriented exploration of a Globe app for actor-training.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56353

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 7d

3 February 1903, and the Orient play Wandsworth in the London League in a game in which the pitch is “on the soft side”, the Orient are “most prominent” in “give and take play”, and a “burst by Wandsworth’s left wing pair” poses “danger to Ward’s citadel”. #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from Sporting Life, 3 February 1903, reading:

LONDON LEAGUE

DIVISION 1.

CLAPTON ORIENT V. WANDSWORTH.

Following their encounter with Shepherd’s Bush in the Middlesex Senior Cup, Clapton Orient received a visit from Wandsworth on Saturday, the struggle being a London League engagement. Fine weather prevailed, and large attendance witnessed a victory by an odd goal. The turf was on the soft side when the game commenced. Shortly after the start Price put the ball through his own goal, thus giving Wandsworth the lead. Give and take play, in which Orient were most prominent, was the order for a time. Eventually a burst by Wandsworth’s left wing pair threatened danger to Ward’s citadel, but Price got in his kick, and play was transferred to the visitors’ territory. Clapton forced the play, and Hills getting possession, put in a neat centre from the left wing. Huddersfield just reached the ball at the right moment, and headed into the net thus equalising matters. Half-time — Clapton Orient, one goal: Wandsworth, one goal. On resuming, Orient went off with a dash, and but for the fine defence of the South Londoners, would certainly have scored on more than one occasion. Following a break away by the visitors, who caused Ward to handle, Bob M’George notched a second goal for the Reds. The closing stages of the encounter proved very interesting, but nothing further resulted, Clapton Orient winning by two goals to one goal. Teams —
CLAPTON ORIENT. — E.R. Ward, W.F. Price, T.P. Shrewsbury, C.R. Derry, F.G. Chalkley, H.E. M’Letland, Ken Gibson, R.W. M’George, W.H. Holder, A. Merritt, and J.L. Hill.s
WANDSWORTH. — A.L. Winfield, R. Moorhead, J. Kingston, G. Gold, P.M. Stephenson, Z.E. Cook, E.B. Morris, W. Burton, H. Big bell, E.W. Rosales, and W. Harvey.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 8d

Moody photographic proof of the fog that descended on the cup-tied between Clapton Orient v. Arsenal on 14 January 1911, courtesy of The Illustrated Police Budget. #lofc #lofcpress #oldfootballphotos

A black-and-white photo from The Illustrated Police Budget, 21 January 1911, of a goalkeeper in a flat cap (right) and a goalpost (left) with a dark, foggy background. The caption reads:

FIRST ROUND ENGLISH CUP.

Looking for the Ball.

On Saturday last London was unfortunately enveloped in a dense fog, but only one match was stopped. This was at Homerton, where Woolwich Arsenal met Clapton Orient. Bower, Clapton’s goalie, is wondering what is happening at the other end. As is seen in our photo, the spectators are completely obscured.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 8d

Answers to readers’ questions in the Hull Daily Mail, 1 February 1909. D.D. “cannot prevent their marriage”, Dr Walford Bodie has appeared at the Hull Empire, and J.B. has an apparently unsolvable query about the Orient’s goalie, Walter Whittaker - "Why not write to him direct"? #lofcpress

A clipping from The Hull Daily Mail, 1 February 1909, reading:

REPLIES TO READERS.

D.D. — No, you cannot prevent their marriage.
H. CRANE. — Yes, Dr Walford Bodie has appeared at the Hull Empire.
E.K. — The gross tonnage of the vessels are: — S.s. Republic 15,378 tons, s.s. Baltic 23,876, s.s. Lusitania 32,000, s.s. Glenlogan 5,723 tons.
J.B. (Barton). — We have made exhaustive enquiries, but are unable to obtain precise information. Whittaker was not with Grimsby Town fifteen years ago, but played for them some thirteen years ago. In the absence of records showing what matches players took part in, it is impossible to answer your query. Why not write to him direct, c/o Clapton Orient F.C., and enclosing stamped envelope for reply.
MICK. — Your question is somewhat difficult to understand, but we believe we gather what you mean. If the house belongs to a firm of brewers, we take it that it would be “tied,” and, notwithstanding what you say, that there is an agreement in existence binding the tenant to sell their ales. We cannot conceive that they would let a house and give the tenant the privilege of buying his stock from whom he thinks proper. If there was an understanding that the tenant was to be “free” — an arrangement we very much doubt — of course he could order his beer elsewhere. Are you quite certain there is no agreement?

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Neil Younger @neilayounger.bsky.social · 8d

1 February 1583: an important new publication in the Stationers' Register today: 'A booke declaringe diuers approved remedies to take owt spottes and staines in silkes veluettes and wollen Clothes with diuers cullors howe to die silkes &c'. 1/
#earlymodern

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 9d

Important environmental news from Millfields Road, reported in the Morning Post on 31 January 1912: “Good ice to the extent of several acres is to be found near the ground of the Clapton Orient Football Club”. #lofcpress

A clipping from The Morning Post, 31 January 1912:

HACKNEY MARSHES. — Good ice to the extent of several acres is to be found near the ground of the Clapton Orient Football Club. This may be reached by taking train from Liverpool-street to Clapton or Broad-street to Homerton.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 9d

Making a list with @uncharteredstreets.bsky.social of things mislaid and unlocated in pop songs: good times; young soul rebels; heart (in San Francisco); spiders (from Mars)…

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