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[Cinnamon]

Super article in THE MAIL today about a book I remember so well from my childhood 'Masquerade', its author Kit Williams & the golden hare he buried as treasure.

 

My uncle Jim bought me the book & we spent hours poring over it,speculating where the Hare was buried....he even bought a metal detector at one point

 

It says in the article that 'anyone approaching middle age' will remember the huge media storm created by Kit,his book & his wonderful Hare.

 

Never thought of myself as approaching middle age before

 

I suspect many of yo young nearly middleagers will remember it all well too

[Redwing]

What a facinating and wonderful story, I have never heard of the book or the treasure hunt

[Cinnamon]

You must be younger than me then

[Redwing]

Not much I don't think and I was very bookish as a child and still am (bookish not childish .............. ) so would have thought I would have heard of this but as a ten year old I was so wrapped up in the Famous Five it must have passed me by!

[Old Speckled Hen]

Yes I remember this.

I pored over this book.

I wish I'd kept it.

The golden hare was found in Ampthill in Bedfordshire if I remember.

[Happy chickens!]

Oh I loved this book when it came out - the illustrations were gorgeous and I so wanted to find the hare! I seem to remember the solution was fiendishly complicated and no way I would ever have worked it out.

 

Thanks for telling me I must be middle-aged!!

[jlo]

I remember it well. The illustrations were incredible. I am sure that I still have it somewhere. Thanks for reminding me

[smanners]

Yes I've got it too!

Also his ' Bee on the Honeycomb' which was untitled and you had to work it out from the illustrations on each page. (Turned out that you had to count the in each picture and match it letters of the alphabet to spell out the title.

The winner got the only titled book.

 

And............ the alphabet book where you had to find all the illustrated a's b's c's etc on each page.

Lovely books!!!

[Egluntyne]

I can just about remember this.

[Valkyrie]

I'm sure OH had that book. It's probably somewhere in the loft in some long forgotten box - which has probably been chewed by the odd mouse.

[The Dogmother]

I loved that book too Cinnamon, I have passed ti onto Rosie who also appreciates the mystery of the whole adventure and story.

[bluekarin]

I remember my dad having this book and spending hours poring over it trying to work out the clues. He did get quite a few of them. I loved looking at the illustrations; finding the hare in each page. I was in a charity shop recently and bought myself a copy so my kids can have a look at it. I remember feeling gutted that the golden hare had been dug up by some dog walker and not by someone working out the clues.

[Cinnamon]

Just thought I would update this thread.

Did anyone else see the lovely documentary about Kit & his Hare last week?

I love his art - he makes the colours seem almost luminous, & found the show fascinating

[Rhapsody]

I love his stuff- him and Patrick Woodruff have the same dreamy quality to their work

[Cinnamon]

It is just wonderful to look at - he makes it all seem backlit somehow,almost like stained glass windows.

 

Maybe I should put a piece on my Christmas list?

[The Dogmother]

Just a quick dash on to the forum, as I ought really to be busy...

 

 

I missed that Sarah, and love his work. Where was it on? I'll try to catch it over Chrsitmas

[Cinnamon]

BBC4, I think, a couple of days ago.

 

Fascinating man, & just wonderful paintings