Greyfriars School is a fictional English public school used as a setting in the long-running series of stories by the writer Charles Hamilton, who wrote...
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formerly associated with the order. Greyfriars, Bedford Greyfriars, Beverley, Yorkshire, England Greyfriars, Bristol Greyfriars, Canterbury, earliest English...
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nightwatchman. When John Gray died he was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard, the kirkyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in the Old Town of Edinburgh. Bobby then became...
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This is a list of original characters found in the Greyfriars School stories by Charles Hamilton, writing as Frank Richards. "Come in!" said the Head...
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Billy Bunter (category Boarding school fiction)
2007 "Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School". IMDb. "The Greyfriars Index: Post 1940 Publications: Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952–1961)". "C.H. Chapman"...
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Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School may refer to: Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (novel), a 1947 novel by author Charles Hamilton, writing as Frank Richards...
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Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School is a BBC Television show broadcast from 1952 to 1961. It was based on the Greyfriars School stories, written by author...
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characters he wrote about, the most famous being Frank Richards for the Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter. Other important pen-names included...
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Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent...
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Melvyn Hayes (category People educated at Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys)
Helicopter. One of his earliest roles was in the BBC Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School. He played Edek in The Silver Sword (by Ian Serraillier) in 1957,...
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Kipling's Stalky & Co. at "the College", Frank Richards' Billy Bunter at Greyfriars School, James Hilton's Mr Chips at Brookfield, Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings...
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Minchin's (1887), revised and expanded as A Little Princess (1905) Greyfriars School, created by Charles Hamilton (writing as Frank Richards) in 1910 in...
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(writer) (1876–1961), writer of the Greyfriars School stories the pseudonym of many "substitute writers" of Greyfriars stories, such as Edwy Searles Brooks...
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Gerald Campion (category People educated at University College School)
as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation (Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School) of books by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton). His father Cyril Theron...
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Frank Richards. Greyfriars School James Hilton Rudyard Kipling Clare Mallory Phyllis Matthewman L. T. Meade, most popular girls' school stories author...
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pair of creatures made up of flowerpots. Their skeletons are seen in Greyfriars School. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emma Orczy Volume 1 Issue 2 (p. 23, pnl.2)...
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of Greyfriars School is a school story by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories...
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Daily Herald, Bewes auditioned for the title role in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School just before he turned 13, and was in the last two short-listed for...
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after the first head of the original Greyfriars—and on completion of the present building in 1930, the name of Greyfriars was adopted once more. The status...
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cost a halfpenny and contained a long school story about the boys of Greyfriars School, a fictional public school located somewhere in Kent, and were written...
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Howard Baker (Greyfriars Press) as two volumes of Magnet facsimile editions in 1976. The stories are set in the fictional Greyfriars School. Venerable and...
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Greyfriars Catholic School is a mixed Roman Catholic secondary school with academy status, located in Cowley, Oxfordshire, England. At the end of the...
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radio broadcasts and early BBC soap-operas, such as Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, Emergency - Ward 10, Probation Officer, and Two Living, One Dead...
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Chequered Flag. He went on to have a recurring role in Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1961) and a regular role in The Newcomers (1965–1967). At the age...
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Billy Bunter's Christmas Party (category Novels set in high schools and secondary schools)
Christmas Party is a school story by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories published...
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Anthony Valentine (category People educated at Acton County Grammar School)
notably as Harry Wharton in the 1950s adaptation of Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, having initially played Lord Mauleverer in earlier episodes. In 1958...
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Die Hard Discworld Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dune Ender's Game Gidget Greyfriars School The Godfather Hannibal Lecter Harry Potter Haruhi Suzumiya Hercule...
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was the Vennel Ragged School (aka New Greyfriars School) created by Rev William Robertson, the minister of the nearby New Greyfriars Church, in 1846 on the...
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Billy Bunter in Brazil (category Novels set in high schools and secondary schools)
in Brazil is a school story by Charles Hamilton writing as Frank Richards, using the characters and settings of the Greyfriars School stories published...
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Bessie Bunter (category Comics set in schools)
first appearance was in a 1919 Greyfriars story. She was a pupil of Cliff House School, a girls' school near Greyfriars. In 1919, attempting to replicate...
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