![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps this explains why William is a character who never ages, in all the stories published between 19 he remains a carefree 11 year old. When asked to write another story about children I racked my brains to devise a fresh set of child characters, falling back again upon William and the Outlaws only from sheer lack of inventive powers.” (Richmal Crompton, Radio Times, 1945) Using as a plot an incident taken from my brother’s childhood. Her first William story was published in 1922, with no plan to make it into a further series. Richmal Crompton, creator of Just William and his bands of comrades, The Outlaws, was born in Bury Lancashire on 15 th November, 1890. " It's more fun bein' the man that comes along an' finds out all about it when the detectives have stopped tryin'. “ Let's be detectives when we grow up," suggested Douglas. ![]()
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