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Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham
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Born Bahamian/British (Crewe); British education (Stafford - King Edward VI); recruited to educate the then Crown Colony of the Bahamas, which thereafter proceeded to educate him. Before 1973 the British Isles were the furthest 'out' islands of the Bahamas (it's about time we patronised the British).
Married a born- Bahamian lady (Van), who continued his education.
Collaborated with his wife in the production of three sons and various publications for their extended family, in and out of schools.
Became officially Bahamian when the Commonwealth went independent (he couldn't take the heat with all those born-Bahamians in the family).
Writes on a variety of subjects both fiction and non-fiction.
Loves poetry: Its rythms and rhymes are the heart-beats of life; its meanings are condensed emotion 'remembered in tranquillity' (Wordsworth).
Hates poetic affectations: Excuse for bad spelling and bad grammar; convoluted forms and abstruse thinking.
Birth Place: Crewe, England
Accomplishments: Military: National Service Medal (British); Suez Service Medal (British)
Professional: TC; Dip.Ed.(Speech and Drama); LCP (English Literature); MSc. (Educational Systems);PhD. (English Lit.)
Community Awards: Justice of the Peace for Eleuthera (2006)
Bahamian Awards and Certificates for Literature, Drama, TV and Radio Production,Festivals. National Anthologies,etc.
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Books

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Short Stories
 Tying the Knot by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham This is the first Chapter of a novel I have been working on for three years. Provisionally, it was entitled 'Devil's Vacation'; now it is 'The Knot'.
This Chapter, which can stand on its own...
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Poetry
 Eleuthera Prayer by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham Dear God: If I can't 'make it', please let me 'fake it'!...
Eleuthera -The Island of Freedom by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham It's better to be in Eleuthera than in a north-eastern blizzard. Wish you were here: Vangerry. N.B. 20.06.2008.If you want to see Eleuthera check out 'The Eleutheran Adventure' winner of the Cann...
The Lost Arawak by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham A commentary on the early history of our Country (The Bahamas). It is relevant to 'Passing Jacks' and 'Long Memory'; and also,perhaps, to the Sioux,
the Apache etc. ...
One of those days by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham Finished Ha! Ha! article on reviewing.
Watched CNN - 7year old beaten to death.
Read local paper - prison escape, warder stabbed to death.
Wrote the poem below.
Went back to bed - dang...
Two Haiku by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham Beware...
The Name of a Man (from 'Passing Jacks') by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham "What is Man that thou art mindful of him?"...
Every Year (from 'Passing Jacks') by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham
Country (from 'Passing Jacks') by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham This could be any country....
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Articles
 Reviewing as an Art Form by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham A 'do-it-yourself' glance at 'Reviewing'....
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News
 Devil's Vacation by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham Work in progress - long before people went missing from Cruise Ships.
Work still in progress.
05.14.2009:Almost complete as 'The Knot'. Opening Chapter 'Tying the Knot' and cover illustrat...
'The Eleutheran Adventure' (doc.) wins Cannes Film Festival by Gerald ('Gerry') M. Oldham The movie shows Eleuthera and its people from Spanish Wells to Bannerman Town....
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Links
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| Store Front - Vangerry Oldham
Blogs, pictures, books,etc.
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1.'The Knot' 2. Many Times
1. Murder most foul.
2. Autobiographical with a fictional plot.
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Reviewer.
See article on 'Reviewing as an Art Form'.
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Additional information
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| Lately the Oldham Family, has developed a sense of its place in the Global village. Hence , Vangerry wrote:
"Long Memory", a novel which traces the ‘history’ of a multi-racial family from 1492 to the 2000 Millennium. It is set against the backgrounds of Mexico, the Bahamas, America and England.
The novel also chronicles a five hundred year ‘love’ commitment; and intertwined with the main theme are several other romantic affairs.
In addition to ‘telling stories’, ‘Long Memory’ also makes incidental observations on the human condition of contrasting cultures, and gives a ‘twist’ to the classical microcosm/macrocosm equation.
A multitude of characters: Arawak, Aztec, Amerindian, Colonial British, Modern British and Modern Bahamian interact smoothly and sympathetically as their individual histories evolve and interweave.
The concept of ‘Long Memory’ – a ‘personalization of ‘folk memory’ - gives continuity to the novel, and provides the ‘springboard’ for a surprising denouement.
Work in Progress: 'Devil's Vacation'- no details as yet. |
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Contact
Information
Vangerry Projects 'The Lions' PO Box 12, Rock Sound, Eleuthera,
n/a
Bahamas |
Fax: 1-242-3342310 |
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