NOTES AND REFERENCES TO NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND UNPUBLISHED SOURCES
[i] Hamlyn Parsons. Dartmoor Collections, Vol V. MS in West Country Studies Library.
[ii] In an article in The Western Weekly News, Plymouth, for December 10th 1904, W.H.K. Wright wrote about Crossing: ‘In 1868 he wrote several pieces for amateur theatricals; he also contributed topical verses for a member of the stock company (Mr Charles Seymour) then engaged at the Plymouth Theatre Royal. Since that time he has been connected with the stage in other parts of the country.’
[iii] The Daily Mirror, 28th November 1912, pp 7, 10 and 11.
[iv] Tom Greeves, letter to Mark Beeson, 12/9/97