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Coordinates: 51°25′59″N 0°55′59″W / 51.433°N 0.933°W / 51.433; -0.933

Earley
St Peter's church
Earley  Earley shown within Berkshire
Population	32,036 (2001)
OS grid reference	SU7571
Civil parish	Earley
Unitary authority	Wokingham
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	READING
Postcode district	RG6 & RG41
Dialling code	0118
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Wokingham
	Reading East
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Earley is a town and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. The Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, for purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside of the jurisdiction of Reading Borough Council. The name is sometimes spelt Erleigh or Erlegh.

The town consists of a number of subordinate areas, including Maiden Erlegh and Lower Earley, and lies some 2 miles (3.2 km) south and east of central Reading, and some 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Wokingham. It has a population of around 30,000 people.

History[link]

Evidence of early man has been found in several locations around Earley, amongst recorded finds: a hand axe was found in the railway cutting, flint implemets in a garden in Elm Lane and hand axes in the gardens in Fowler Close (no 12) and Silverdale Road. Most of these finds are thought to come from the late Paleolithic period around 35,000 years ago. Traces of flimsy shelters from the Mesolithic were discovered at the site of the old power station at Thames Valley Park in North Earley. Tools from this time have also been found, including a flint blade found in the garden of 42 Silverdale Road. Archaeological evidence for continued human presence during the Bronze Age and Iron Age were also discovered on the site of Thames Valley Business Park and Roman remains were found on a building site off Meadow Road.^[1]

Earley is mentioned in Domesday with two main manors Erleigh St Bartholomew, later known as Erleigh Court and Erleigh St Nicolas, later Erleigh White Knights.^[2] In Domesday Earley is noted as being 'held by Osbern Giffard from the King, previously Dunn held if from King Edward in freehold. The value was 100/-later 60/- now £4'.^[3]

The de Erleighs held the manors of St Bartholemew and St Nicolas for some centuries, John de Erleigh was known as the White Knight, hence the renaming of the manor of Erleigh St Nicolas to Whiteknights. More recently Whiteknights estate was owned by the Englefields from 1606 to 1798 ^[4] and then by the Marquis of Blandford, later the 5th Duke of Marlborough.

The manor of Maiden Erleigh was formed in the 14th Century and after many changes of ownership was purchased in 1903 by the millionaire Solly Joel, well known in horse racing circles, who had a race course on the estate. He donated a piece of his land to the village to be used for sporting purposes, the park and pavilion was opened by the Duke of York, later King George VI in 1927 and, as Sol Joel Park, the park and the original pavilion is used to this day.^[5]

The estate of Bulmershe Court once belonged to the Abbey of Reading in the C18th it became the home of Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister. Bulmershe College, part of the University of Reading occupies this site.^[6]

Up until 1888,^[7] Earley extended westwards from the Three Tuns crossroads down the Wokingham Road and into Reading. To enable this section to be linked into the drainage system, Reading extended its boundaries to the Three Tuns crossroads, and this part of Earley was incorporated into Reading. At this time, the centre of Earley was the crossroads and Saint Peters Church. Even today, some residents living over the border in Reading think of themselves as belonging to Earley even though they pay their council tax to Reading Borough Council.

Reading University began as a University Extension College in 1892, it became the University of Reading in 1926 and acquired its new site, which straddles the border between Earley and Reading, in 1947. Of the six large villas on the estate four were designed by Waterhouse (Erleigh Park 1859, Whiteknights 1868, Foxhill 1868 and the Wilderness 1873). Waterhouse also designed Reading School (1865–71) in Erleigh Road ^[8] and extended Pepper Manor, now Leighton Park School on Shinfield Road, in 1890 and built Grove House on the north of the same site (1892-4).

Earley grew rapidly both before and after World War II, and became a town in 1974. From 1977, the Lower Earley private estate was constructed, almost doubling the town's population to the current level. Two new primary schools were built, together with a large supermarket complex which opened in 1979 and sports centre. In 1988 a second shopping area, Maiden Place, opened. An additional secondary school was planned roughly opposite the sports centre next to Rushey Way, possibly on the site next to the police station. However the school never materialised, and the land was built on.

Geography[link]

View down Shepherd's Hill (A4) towards Reading

Nowadays, Lower Earley is often spoken of as a town in its own right even though it is just a development at the southern end of the town. The name Lower Earley is however very old, being originally applied to the low lying land between the old Maiden Erlegh Estate and River Loddon.^[9]

Maiden Erlegh lake is an excellent Carp Fishing venue. Fish Species to be found in the lake include Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Pike, Tench, Roach, Rudd, Gudgeon, Perch and Chub. The occasional released Goldfish has also been noted.

It is the winter home of at least four cormorants that share the lake with mallards, Mandarin ducks, wood ducks, coots, moorhens, Canada geese, Egyptian geese and a pair of mute swans that, in 2010, successfully raised three cygnets. Terns and gulls are also regular visitors. Other bird species spotted around the lake of an unusual variety include yellowhammers, goldcrests and treecreepers.

Earley falls within the parliamentary constituencies of Wokingham and Reading East.

Earley is bordered by the River Thames to the north, the B3270 (Lower Earley Way) to the east and south, and the B3350 (Wilderness Road) and the A327 (Shinfield Road) to the west. North of the these is Woodley, west is Whitley Wood, east is Winnersh, and south is Sindlesham.

Local Government[link]

The Town of Earley has two levels of Local Government, Earley Town Council based at Radstock House in Radstock Lane and Wokingham Borough Council based at Shute End in Wokingham. Earley became a Town in 1974 with the Town Council replacing the previous Parish Council. There are 25 Town Councillors representing eight wards on the Town Council and 12 Borough Councillors (out of 54 on the Borough Council) representing four Earley Wards (Hillside, Hawkedon, Maiden Erlegh and Bulmershe and Whitegates) Earley (of which the Bulmershe and Whitegates Councillors also represent the Bulmershe ward of Woodley Town Council).

Much to the confusion of some local residents the Town Wards do not map directly onto the Borough Wards: Cutbush and Hawkedon Town Wards make up the Hawkedon Borough Ward; Hillside and Radstock the Borough Hillside Ward; Redhatch, St Nicolas and Maiden Erlegh the Maiden Erlegh Borough ward and Whitegates together with the Woodley Town Ward of Bulmershe the Bulmershe and Whitegates Borough Ward! Town Council Elections are held every four years with one held in 2011, Borough Elections are currently held by thirds with one each year for the three member wards and a year with no election which generally coincides with the European election.

Amongst other functions, Earley Town Council runs Sol Joel Park, leased from Reading Borough Council for 50 years, Meadow Park off Meadow Road, Bulmershe Park (jointly with Woodley), the BMX track near Paddick Drive which was opened in 2011, 2 community centres and Maiden Erlegh Lake, which was declared a nature reserve in 1997.^[10] The council has a large and well maintained allotment at Culver Lane and a lawn cemetery at Mays Lane. The Council also provides the familiar green bus shelters which are dotted about the town at the popular Reading bound stops.

Within Earley the Borough Council has provided the Waterside Centre an excellent canoe centre in Thames Valley Park and the Loddon Valley Leisure Centre. They also own Chalfont Park and Laurel Park in Earley both of which provide sports pitches including tennis and football facilities.

Transport[link]

Earley railway station

Earley railway station^[11] is on the railway line from Reading to London Waterloo stations. However, Winnersh Triangle railway station, which opened in the 1980s, is also near the suburb.

Earley is served by Reading Buses who provide a number of bus services to and from the centre of Reading. The 17 bus runs 24 hours a day from the junction at the Three Tuns, through Reading town centre, towards Tilehurst. Wokingham can be reached by bus on the Wokingham Road or by train from Earley or Winnersh Triangle stations.

Earley is to the north of the M4 motorway which connects London with Bristol.

Business[link]

Earley is home to the Thames Valley Business Park which is sited alongside the Thames too the east of the A329m. The park houses offices of many major companies including the UK headquarters of BG group, Microsoft, ING direct and SGI together with offices of Oracle, Computacenter, David LLoyd, Cybersource, JP Executive Recruitment, Open Text, Regus, Websense and Worktube CV.

The neighbouring Suttons Business Park houses more service and high tech companies such as Rockwell Collins, Rentokil International, Service Point, Microsoft, HP Invent, MOOG, FPS and Royal Mail

Listed Buildings[link]

25 Church Road - 1820's cottage red and grey chequered brick.

Church of St Peter, Church Road - 1844 grey vitreous brick, aisles and change added 1882-3

Rusheymead, Cutbush Close - late C16 timber framed house altered in C19 and C20

Radstock Cottage, 1 Radstock Lane - early C17 timber framed cottage altered and extended in mid C20

Foxhill, Whiteknights Park - 1868 large house in red brick diaper pattern, now students hall of residence.

Former stables and coach house Immediately north east of Foxhill House, Whiteknights Park

Landscape garden feature, Whiteknights Park - early C19

North Lodge, Whiteknights Road- early C19 gate lodge

South Lodge, Whiteknights Road - early C19 gate lodge

The Lodge, Whiteknights Road - 1868 red brick lodge to Foxhill

Bridge at Sindlesham Mill - C19 road bridge over mill stream (note this is in Earley not Woodley)

Sindlesham Farmhouse - C18 altered C20, brick rendered and painted

Blandford Lodge, Chancellors Way, Whiteknights Park - C19 grey brick

Reading War Room ('The Citadel'), University of Reading, Whiteknights - 1953 concrete war room

Sindlesham Mill Mill Lane - C19 watermill now restaurant and club

The George Inn, Loddon Bridge Road - C18 inn now public house

Other[link]

One of the main industries located in Earley was Sutton Seeds whose headquarters were based in London Road, at the northern end of what was once the A329(M) motorway spur (now the A3290). The building was partly taken over by the civil engineering consultancy, Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners in June 1974, when it relocated from London. Sutton Seeds finally departed in 1975 to its new base in Torquay, making way for Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners to occupy the whole of the building for many years to come; it then became known as Earley House. The company now operates under the Jacobs umbrella.

Earley also contains the most radioactive residential property in England.^{[12][13][14][15]}

There is a local charity, the Earley Charity ^[16] which was founded in 1990 by the merger of two historic local charities: the Englefield Charity and the Earley Poors Land Charity.

Education[link]

The following schools all have children from Earley and Lower Earley within their designated catchment areas as defined by Wokingham Borough Council.

• Maiden Erlegh School
• The Emmbrook School
• The Piggott School
• Forest School
• The Holt School
• Bulmershe School

Famous or Notable People[link]

Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844; Speaker 1789, Prime Minister 1801, donated land for and endowed Earley St Peters Church, owned Erleigh Court) ^[17]

The Marquis of Blandford, later George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (acquired Whiteknights estate Earley Whiteknights 1798)

SIr Owen Buckingham, Lord Mayor of London; owner of Erlegh Court 1708 to 1720

DC Ian Coward QPM for gallantry, 1942–1971, Shot and killed on duty with Thames Valley Police,^[18] buried St Peter's Church Earley

Thomas de Erleigh (Keeper of the Kings Deer Windsor Forest: owner of Erleigh Court to 1320)

Sir Francis Goldsmid, 2nd Baronet (1808–1878; first Jewish Barrister and QC, MP for Reading, owner of Whiteknights)

Sir Isaac Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (1778–1859; financier, owner of Whiteknights Estate, first Jewish Baronet)

William Heelas (1867–1937; shopkeeper, lived in Hungerford Lodge Wokingham Road)

Alan and Carol White are current residents of Earley

Baron Hirst (1863–1943; lived at Foxhill Whiteknights Estate, founder with Gustav Byng a company selling electrical appliances which was transformed into GEC, Hirst was MD of GEC in 1900 and Chairman in 1910)

Solomon Joel (1865–1931; businessman owner of Maiden Erlegh estate from 1903)

Brigadier General Richard M B F Kelly, CB DSO, Royal Artillery (1857–1915, Miranzai 1891, Samana 1891, Cape Colony, Tuegela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith 1899-1902, severely wounded at Fabers Put, Royal Artillery Commander Southern Coast Defences 26 Aug 1910 ^[19] buried in St Peters Churchyard Earley)

General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB (1815–1897, Colonel 34th Cumberland Regiment, born in Ceylon ^[20] wounded and taken prisoner at Sebastapol, lived in 'Shrublands' Earley, buried in St Peter's Churchyard Earley)

John Scott, 1st Lord Eldon (1751–1838; Lord Chancellor in Addington Government, benefactor to the Royal Berkshire Hospital)

William Scott, Lord Stowell (1745–1836; Tory; MP for Oxford University, lived at Erleigh Court from 1828 died there on 28th Jan 1836)

Alfred Waterhouse (1813–1905; architect, designer and owner of Foxhill on Whiteknights Estate, first chairman of Governors at Leighton Park School, designed Wokingham and Reading town Halls)

General War Memorials[link]

Commemorated or buried in St Peter's Churchyard Earley

Corporal George Broad 204416, Somerset Light Infantry, 5 June 1918 aged 19

Lance Sgt N G M Dann 789363, Royal Artillery, 7th Jan 1942 aged 37

Private E Fulford 4244, Royal Berkshire Regiment formerly 3rd Dragoon Guards, 18 December 1915 aged 49

Private James Willian Hewett, 6th Wiltshire Regiment, died of wounds Abbeville France, 18th Nov 1917 aged 19

Private Reginald CE Gatehouse, RMLI (killed in the Naval attack on Zeebrugge, April 23, 1918, aged 19)

Brigadier General Richard M B F Kelly, CB DSO, Royal Artillery (1857–1915)

General Sir Richard Denis Kelly KCB (1815–1897, Colonel 34th Cumberland Regiment, born in Ceylon [18])

Flying Officer Kenneth C R Maskell, RAFVR, on active service Jan 29th 1943

Sapper Edwin Charles Monger 2069311, 7 Bomb Disposal Coy., Royal Engineers (died age 21 on 30 April 1942 aged 21, buried in St Peter's Churchyard Earley)

Captain Gerald Arthur Morton, 1st Batt the Border Regiment, fell in action May 12, 1915, laid to rest in Gallipoli

Commemorated in the Church

Lieut Brian John Dunlop, Grenadier Guards, killed while leading his men into action at the battle of Pilkem Ridge Flanders, 31 July 1917 aged 19 years.

World War 2 Memorial Plaque[link]

Note ?? incomplete as needs further names to be added

Navy[link]

F.J. Arslett (FAA/SFX.2476), Air Mechanic 1st Class, HMS Dasher 27/3/1943, Son of Harry J and Emily Arslett; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Arslett of Caversham

C.J. Allen

A.H. Bassett, Sub-Lieutenant(A) RNVR, FAA 885 Squadron 6/6/1944, Son of Henry and Violet Muriel Bassett of Reading Berkshire, Hermanville War Cemetery

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Army[link]

N.G.M Dann (789363) Lance Serjeant Royal Artillery, 295 Bty. 80 Lt AA Regiment, 7/1/1942, son of Fredrick Thomas Dann and Amy Edith Heron Dann of Reading, buried St Peter's Churchyard

G.D. Gardner

D.B. Mackenzie (129016) Captain Seaforth Highlanders, 2nd Bn, 29/12/1942, son of Henry James Mackenzie and Mary Mackenzie of Earley, Benghazi War Cemetery

E.C. Monger (2069311) Sapper Royal Engineers, 7 Bomb Disposal Coy, 30/4/1942, son of Arthur Charles and Mabel May Monger of Earley, buried St Peter's Churchyard

A.F. Pascal (311027), Lieutenant Reconnaissance Corps RAC, 1st Airlanding Squadron, 24/9/1944, son of Henry Philip and Ada Pascal of Earley, Arnhem Osterbeek War Cemetery

J.H. Saunders (228040), Captain Royal Engineers, 1/11/1944, son of William Holland Saunders and Nellie Saunders of Earley, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery

W.H.A. Taylor (248909), Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 6/2/1945, son of Ernest and Cecilia Taylor, husband of Clara Alberta Taylor of Earley, Suez War Memorial Cemetery

S.A.Webb (5350778), Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment, 9th Bn, 15/8/1944, son of Enoch and Annie Webb of Reading, Taukkyan War Cemetery

R. Worsfold (2094278), Sapper Royal Engineers, 266 Field Coy,, 18/11/1942, son of Arthur George and Louisa Worsfold of Reading, buried St Peter's Churchyard

J. Dobbins (4125570), Private manchester Regiment, 2nd Bn, 16/8/1944, son of George and Alice Dobbins, husband of Agnes Dobbins of Birkenhead, Delhi War Cemetery

RAF[link]

R Edwards

H. H. Hirst (78853), Flying Officer RAFVR, 240 Sqn, 7/5/1941, son of Harold Hugh Hirst and Carol Hirst MBE of Folkestone [note this is the only recorded HH Hirst at CWGC but can't find the link to Earley]

L. O. Lewington (1153956), Sergeant RAFVR, 75 Sqn, 6/7/1943, son of Owen and Annie Lewington husband of Gwendoline E.M. Lewington of Henley on Thames

K. C. R. Maskell (114382), flying Officer (pilot) RAFVR, 511 Sqn, 29/01/1943, son of William Thomas Maskell and Katie Lucy Maskell of Earley, husband of Margaret Maskell, buried in St Peter's Churchyard

R. H. Rampton (749503) Sergeant (Obs) RAFVR, 50 Sqn, 25/7/1941, Thurlby (St Germain) Churchyard

G. E. J. Rushbrook (60816) Pilot Officer RAFVR, 105 Sqn, 25/05/1941

A. G. Salmon (40321), Pilot Officer, 10 Sqn 2/10/1939 aged 19, son of Alan H.M and Gertrude E. Salmon of Reading.

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World War 1 Memorial Plaque[link]

Roll of Honour St Peter's Earley Men of this place who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 18

(nb details of service from CWGC web site where serviceman can be unambiguously identified)

William Ayres,

William Baldock,

William Bartlett,

Leslie Beard 200528, Lance Serjeant 2nd/4th bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, Loos Memorial 13/7/16 age 21, 95 Wokingham Road.

Ernest Bishop,

Arthur Belson,

William Belson,

Alfred Bolton,

Charles Bolton,

Harry Bosley,

Charles Bowden,

Stephen Bright,

Edward Broad,

Percival Bundy M/4727, Plumbers Mate HMS Black Prince (armoured cruiser sunk at Battle of Jutland), 31/5/1916 Royal Navy Memorial Portsmouth, son of Francis Edward and Elizabeth Kate Bundy, of 29, Pitcroft Avenue, Reading.

William Bungay,

George Cane,

Arthur Champ,

John Chandler,

Ernest Cook,

Joseph Corby,

Charles Cripps,

Francis Cunningham,

Leonard Dann J/26346, AB Seaman HMS Mary Rose (M class destroyer sunk by German Cruisers in the North Sea ^[21] ), son of Frederick Thomas and the late Eleanor Dann, 17/10/1917 aged 20 Portsmouth Memorial

Ernest Davis,

Alfred Dee,

Albert Denham,

Thomas Dixon,

Brian Dunlop,

William Durman 61897, Gunner 146 Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, 1/4/1918 Etaples Military Cemetery, son of Thomas and Eliza Durman, of Earley, Reading, Berks. Enlisted Oct 1915

Arthur Eddolls,

William Ellis,

Bert Farmer,

George Forge,

Edward Fulford,

Arthur Furnell 8359, Lance Corporal G Coy 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, 23/8/1914 aged 28 La-ferte-sous-jouarre memorial, son of Mary Jane Funnell, of 183, Wykeham Rd., Earley, Reading, and the late Charles Furnell. Also served 7 years in India and South Africa.

James Gardiner.

Reginald Charles Earl Gatehouse CH/19258, Private RMLI Zeebrugge Battalion, 23/4/1918 aged 19, enlisted 1914 served in Dardanelles, son of Earl and Alice Gatehouse, 6 Clarendon Road Reading

Richard Goodhall,

Cecil Hale,

James Hall,

Percy Hamilton,

Edward Harwood,

Harry Harwood,

Alec Hearn

James Hewett 31858, Private 6th Wiltshire Regiment, died of wounds Abbeville France, 18th Nov 1917 aged 19, Son of John and Constance Hewett

Harold Hirst,

George Hitchcock,

John Hitchcock,

Albert Edward Hosler, 2nd Lieutenant 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade, 26/08/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial

Harry Howes,

Percy Howlett,

George Jeram 19422, Private 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 15/9/1916 Bulls Road Cemetery Flers

Albert Jerome,

Alfred Jerome,

Frederick Jones,

Reginald King,

Charles Lambourne,

Arthur Langmead,

Leonard Leaver 22469, Private Royal Berksgire Regiment, 10/3/1917 age 23 Thiepval Memorial, son of Alfred and Caroline Leaver, of School Green, Shinfield, Reading, Berks

Alfred Levens 28748, Private 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, 21/3/1918 Pozieres memorial son of William and Annie Levens, of 42, George St., Caversham, Reading; husband of Lizzie Levens, of The Knightons, 126, Wykeham Rd., Reading

Leslie Lindsay,

Frank Lloyd,

Sydney Frank Lovegrove 616430, Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery, 2nd/1st Berkshire Battery 158th Brigade, 14th Nov 1917, 24 Tuns Hill Cottages Earley.

Alan Luff,

Sidney Marshall,

George Maskell,

Walter May,

William Mears,

Ernest Nash,

Reginald Newport,

Ernest Nickes G/1141, Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 23/4/1915 Ypres Menin Gate

Arthur Palmer,

Thomas Palmer,

Hilton Parker,

John Parker,

Tom Parker,

Herbert Parsons,

Percy Phillips,

Harry Powell,

Thomas Powell,

Charles Prior,

Walter Prior,

Thomas Radbourne 17839, Private Royal Berkshire Regiment, 24/5/1916 aged 37 Zouave Valley Cemetery, son of William and Prudence Radbourne; husband of Louisa Radbourne, of 3, St. Edward's Rd., Reading.

James Randall,

Stephen Ravening 16453, Private 1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, 28/9/1915 aged25 Loos memorial, son of Mary Ann Ravening, of 71, St. Peter's Rd., Earley Rise, Reading, and the late Joseph Ravening.

Arthur Robb,

Frank Rushby,

Hereward Pattison Sadler, 2nd Lt 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, Carnoy Military Cemetery

Albert Saunders,

Arthur Shackleford 3033, Private Royal D coy 1st/4th Battalion Berkshire Regiment, 14/8/1916 Thiepval Memorial, son of Arthur John and Agnes Sophia Shackleford, of 26, Norris Rd., Reading, Berks

Ernest Shears,

Albert Silver,

Alfred Smith,

Charles Smith,

Richard Smith,

Edward Smithers,

Frank Snellgrove,

Harry Stevens,

William Stevens,

Tom Stewart,

Edgar Taylor,

John Thick,

Philip Douglas Wadhams 21917, Private 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment, 2/8/1917 Ypres Menin Gate, son of Joseph and Rosa Wadhams 1 St Peters Road Reading, husband of Edith Wadhams 16 Cholmeley Place Reading

Charles Webb,

Alfred Webster,

Fred Wickens,

George Winsor,

George Wright,

William Wynn,

Thomas Brooker

References[link]

External links[link]

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Candice Jean Earley (born August 18, 1950) is an American actress.

Earley was born in Fort Hood, Texas to Harold E Earley and Jean D Daily. While she had Broadway roles in "Hair" and "Grease", she is most famous for her role as Donna Beck Tyler Cortlandt Sago Tyler on the soap opera All My Children, a role she played from 1976 to 1992. Donna was originally a troubled youth, who was a runaway and a prostitute who had been sterilized and beaten up by her pimp, and was only slated to be a short-term role. However, Earley's portrayal proved to be popular with viewers. So much so, in fact, that she won an award for Most Exciting New Actress in the first annual Soapies held in 1977 (these awards are now known as the Soap Opera Digest Awards). Over time, the character of Donna grew into a mature woman with a gift for singing.

When Earley was written out of the show in 1992, it was explained that Donna had to take care of her daughter Emily Ann (product of her marriage to Benny Sago) after she had a nervous breakdown.

External links[link]

• Candice Earley at the Internet Movie Database

Grant Goodeve (born July 6, 1952; Middlebury, Connecticut)^[1] is an American actor and television host. He is best known for playing the role of David, the oldest son, on Eight Is Enough, from 1977 to 1981. He sang the theme song for the show as well. More recent work includes Home & Garden Television and voice roles, such as the Engineer in the multiplayer video game Team Fortress 2 and Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault.

Hollywood[link]

Goodeve moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1975.^[2] His earliest role was on a fifth season episode of Emergency!.^[3] After a February 1977 screen test,^[2] he signed up as a cast member of Eight Is Enough, taking over a role played in the show's pilot episode by Mark Hamill.

When Eight Is Enough ended in 1981, Goodeve appeared in guest roles in series such as The Love Boat, T.J. Hooker, Dynasty, and Fantasy Island, among others.^[1] In the summer of 1984 Goodeve hosted "Solid Gold Hits". In 1985-86, he played Michael James "Woody" Woodward in the soap opera One Life to Live.^[4] He also co-starred in a 1984 made-for-TV movie, Pigs vs. Freaks. He reprised his Eight is Enough role in two reunion movies during the late 1980s and also appeared on several episodes of Murder, She Wrote .^[1] As the 1990s came to a close, he also made an appearance in The WB's hit series 7th Heaven, as Capt. Jack Smith.

Pacific Northwest[link]

Goodeve moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1989 with his wife and three children. Soon after moving there, he began appearing in the recurring role of Rick Pedersen, the ill-fated bush pilot in Northern Exposure. He also began contributing to KING-TV's Evening Magazine and starting hosting that station's travel show Northwest Backroads in 1998.^[5]

More recently he began hosting "If Walls Could Talk" and Homes of our Heritage on Home & Garden Television. He has worked as a voice actor for several video games, including the role of Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault, the Engineer in Team Fortress 2, and various voices for F.E.A.R..^[1] He also lent his singing voice to Bob Rivers's Twisted Christmas series of holiday CDs.

He is active in his Presbyterian church in Seattle, engaging part-time in an itinerant music ministry in the region.^[6]

In 2006, Grant Goodeve appeared as George Bailey in Seattle's Taproot Theatre Company's production of "It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play". He returned to the Taproot stage in 2008's production of "The Christmas Foundling" as Old Jake. He now lives in Washington state with his wife. He has a married daughter and a grandchild.

Filmography[link]

TV series[link]

Films[link]

Video games[link]

Discography[link]

• The Wonder of It All (1996)

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Grant Goodeve at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ ^{a b} 1996 Interview with The Lighthouse electronic Magazine at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Above and Beyond... Nearly (1976), the IMDb entry for an episode of Emergency!
4. ^ Past Characters on One Life to Live from SoapCentral
5. ^ Biography from the KING-TV website
6. ^ Concert supports three ministries with a common cause, from the website of the University Presbyterian Church

External links[link]

• Grant Goodeve at IMDB
• Grant Goodeve at Allmusic

Robin Strasser (born May 7, 1945)^[1] is an American actress.

Strasser is best known for her Daytime Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.^[1] Strasser stepped into the role in March 1979, first appearing Friday, April 13, 1979^[2] and left in 1987, returning from February 1993 to February 2000.^[1] She reprised the role again from 2003 to August 25, 2011.^[1]

Strasser also originated the role of Rachel Davis Matthews on the NBC soap opera Another World (1967–1972), and played Dr. Christina Karras Martin on ABC's All My Children from 1976 to April 1979.^[1] From 2000 to 2002, she appeared as 300-year-old witch Hecuba on NBC's Passions.^[1]

Early life[link]

Strasser's birth name is Robin Victory in Europe Strasser, as she was born the day Germany surrendered in World War II.^[1] She was raised in the New York City borough of Brooklyn by Martin and Anne Strasser. After graduating from the High School of Performing Arts, on full scholarship, she attended the Yale University School of Drama.^[1] She began acting in the early 1960s. Strasser sharpened her acting abilities in theatre, acting on Broadway, where she appeared in The Shadow Box and Chapter Two,^[1] the latter where she met her former husband, Laurence Luckinbill; they were married in 1965 and divorced in 1976. They have two sons, Nicholas (born 1971) and Ben (born 1975).^[1] Strasser was also married to Richard Hogan from August 27, 1983 until 1985. Robin and Erika Slezak, who plays her former stepdaughter and frenemy Victoria Lord, are friends in real life.

Filmography[link]

One Life to Live - (TV series)

Dorian Lord / Dorian Cramer / Dorian Cramer Lord /

– Episode Date 1 September 2011 (2011) Episode dated 1 September 2011 (2011) … Dorian Lord (uncredited)

– Episode #1.11009 (2001) (2011) … Dorian Lord

– Episode #1.1008 (2011) (2011) … Dorian Lord

– Episode #1.11007 (2011) (2011) … Dorian Lord

– Episode #1.11003 (2011) … Dorian Lord

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2003-2005

All My Children (TV series) ...Dr. Christina Karras

– Episode #1.9016 (2005) … Dr. Christina Karras

– Episode #1.8755 (2003) … Dr. Christina Karras

2002
Shoot or Be Shot ... Mrs. Steinman

2001-2002
Dharma & Greg (TV series) ... Teensy Manhart

– Protecting the Eco-System (2002) … Teensy Manhart

– Without Reservations (2001) … Teensy

Passions (TV series) ... Hecuba

2000
Grosse Pointe (TV series) ... Lila Van Guilden

– Mommy Dearest … Lila Van Guilden (uncredited)

1999
Picture This

1997
Loose Women - Mrs. Hayes

1996
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series) ... Julia

– Me and My Hormones … Julia

1993
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (TV movie)

Jack's Place (TV series) ... Lucinda Tremayne

– An Affair to Vaguely Remember … Lucinda Tremayne

1992
Civil Wars (TV series)

– Devil's Advocate

Lady Boss (TV movie) ... Abigaile Stolli

2000 Malibu Road (TV series) – Pilot

1991
MacGyver (TV series) ... Queen Morgana

– Good Knight MacGyver: Part 2 … Queen Morgana

– Good Knight MacGyver: Part 1 … Queen Morgana (uncredited)

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (TV movie) ... Jewel Carmen

1990
Dear John (TV series) ... Brooke Collins

– Matter of Trust: Part 1 … Brooke Collins

Coach (TV series) ... Elaine Tewksbury

- The Iceman Goeth (1990) … Elaine Tewksbury

– The Day That Moses Came to Town (1990) … Elaine Tewksbury

– Professor Doolittle (1990) … Elaine Tewksbury

– Haven't I Slept with You Somewhere Before? (1990) … Elaine Tewksbury

Knots Landing (TV series) ... Dianne Kirkwood

– You Can Call Me Nick (1990) … Dianne Kirkwood

– Dead But Not Buried (1990) … Dianne Kirkwood

– Return Engagement (1990) … Dianne Kirkwood

– Let's Get Married (1990) … Dianne Kirkwood

– The Fan Club (1990) … Dianne Kirkwood

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A Family for Joe (TV series)

Law and Order (1990)

Blind Faith (TV movie) ... Felice Richmond

The Young Riders (TV series) ... Grace Rollins

– Fall from Grace (1990) … Grace Rollins

1989

Murphy Brown (TV series) ... Vladia

– Moscow on the Potomac (1989) … Vladia

China Beach (TV series) ... Dr. Joan Friedman

– Women in White (1989) … Dr. Joan Friedman

1988
Murder, She Wrote (TV series) ... Sylvia Gagliano

– The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel (1988) … Sylvia Gagliano

Glitz (TV movie) ... Nancy Donovan

Baby M (TV movie) ... Betsy Stern

Highway to Heaven (TV series) ... Kathleen Reynolds

– Time in a Bottle (1988) … Kathleen Reynolds

Sand in Friends and Lovers (TV series) ... Ellen

– The Groupie (1974) … Ellen

The Rookies (TV series) ... Laura Page

– Legacy of Death (1974) … Laura Page

Wide World Mystery (TV series) ... Gina

– Murder Impossible (1974) … Gina

1973
The House That Cried Murder ... Barbara

And the Bones Came Together (TV movie) ... Joyce

The Delphi Bureau (TV series) ... Jane

– The Face That Never Was Project (1973) … Jane

1972

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)

– This Child Is Mine (1972)

1970
Somerset (TV series) ... Rachel Davis Matthews Frame Clark

1964

Another World (TV series) Rachel Davis Matthews Clark Frame Cory Cory Cory Hutchins #1 (1967-1971, 1972)

TV Appearances[link]

Wheel of Fortune (TV series) ... Herself

– Episode dated 16 November 2007 (2007) … Herself

2003-2006
SoapTalk (TV series) ...Herself

– Episode dated 13 March 2006 (2006) … Herself

– Episode dated 14 September 2004 (2004) … Herself

– Episode dated 24 March 2003 (2003) … Herself

2003-2006
The View (TV series) ... Herself / Herself - Guest Host

– Episode dated 8 February 2006 (2006) … Herself

– Episode dated 3 April 2003 (2003) … Herself - Guest Host

2005
The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ...Herself

- Presenter: Outstanding Younger Actress

2004
The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ...Herself - Past Winner

Daytime's Greatest Weddings (video documentary) Dr. Dorian Cramer Lord Callison Santi Vickers Hayes Laurence / Dr. Christina Karras Martin

2003
SOAPnet Salutes ABC Daytime (TV movie) ... Herself

The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself - Past Winner

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary) ... Herself

18th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (TV movie) ... Herself

2000-2002
Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary) ... Herself

– Erika Slezak (2002) … Herself

– Linda Dano (2000) … Herself

2002
The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself - Past Winner

2001
The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself - Past Winner

2000
The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself - Past Winner

1999
The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself - Past Winner

The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (TV movie) ... Herself

1998
The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself

1994
50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (TV movie) ... Herself

The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special) ... Herself

1987
The New Hollywood Squares (TV series) - Guest Appearance – Episode dated 20 April 1987 (1987) … Guest Appearance

1986
Double Talk (TV series) ... Herself – Episode dated 10 October 1986 (1986) … Herself

– Episode dated 9 October 1986 (1986) … Herself

– Episode dated 8 October 1986 (1986) … Herself

– Episode dated 7 October 1986 (1986) … Herself

– Episode dated 6 October 1986 (1986) … Herself

1982
Family Feud (TV series) ... Herself – Episode dated 8 February 1982 (1982) … Herself

1981
The 8th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV movie) ... Herself - Nominee

Theatre[link]

Dec 1977 - Dec 1979 Chapter Two [Original, Play, Comedy]

- Performer: Robin StrasserJennie Malone - Replacement (Dec 22, 1978 - ? ) Jennie Malone - Replacement

Awards[link]

Strasser won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series in 1982 for her portrayal of Dorian,^[1][3][4] and was also nominated for the award in 1981,^[5] 1983,^[6] and 1985.^[7] Strasser has been nominated for Soap Opera Digest Awards for Dorian in various categories in 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995 and 2005, winning in 1996 ("Outstanding Lead Actress" for Dorian) and 2001 ("Outstanding Female Scene Stealer" for Hecuba).^[1]

Charity[link]

Strasser was an Honorary Chair of the Imperial Court of New York's Annual Charity Coronation Ball, "Night of A Thousand Gowns," on March 21, 2009.^[8] She was previously made a Dame of the Imperial Court of New York in March 2007, and attended the 2008 "Night of A Thousand Gowns."

References[link]

External links[link]

• Robin Strasser at the Internet Movie Database
• Branco, Nelson (February 9, 2009). "Viva La Strasser!". TVGuide.ca. http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Soaps/Features/Articles/090209_robin_strasser_NB. Retrieved February 17, 2009. 

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Tony Earley (born 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, but grew up in North Carolina. His stories are often set in North Carolina.^[1][2]

Earley studied English at Warren Wilson College and after graduation in 1983, he spent four years as a reporter in North Carolina, first as a general assignment reporter for The Thermal Belt News Journal in Columbus, and then as sports editor and feature writer at The Daily Courier in Forest City. Later he attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he received an MFA in creative writing. He quickly found success writing short stories, first with smaller literary magazines, then with Harper's, which published two of his stories: "Charlotte" in 1992 and "The Prophet From Jupiter" in 1993. The latter story helped Harper's win a National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994.

In 1996, Earley's short stories earned him a place on Granta's list of the "20 Best Young American Novelists", and shortly after that announcement, The New Yorker featured him in an issue that focused on the best new novelists in America. He has twice been included in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. His writing style has been compared by critics to writers as distant as a young Ernest Hemingway and E. B. White. One of his favorite writers is Willa Cather.

On May 15, 2010 Earley gave a humorous commencement speech at Warren Wilson College. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Samuel Milton Fleming Associate Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.

List of works[link]

• The Blue Star (2008, Little Brown). This is the sequel to Jim the Boy. It picks up the story when Jim is a senior in high school.
• Here We Are In Paradise (1994)
• Jim the Boy (2000, Little Brown)
• Somehow Form A Family: Stories That Are Mostly True (2001)
• Commencement at Warren Wilson College: A great class hears a great address (2010)

References[link]