Talk:Kenneth Grahame

message: According to my 'Oxford Companion to Children's Literature' (1991), Grahame's mother died, and then his father wasn't able to take care of the children, so they went to England to live with their grandmother. Later the father wanted to take them back, but in the end had to give them up again (he had a drinking problem). So I think 'orphaned' isn't quite right. I didn't want to change it without checking first in case anyone knows otherwise. So: any other sources? Also: citation still needed on the suicide of the son. Although it's quite likely, it's non the less speculation, isn't it? (My book just says he was found decapitated and the coroner passed a verdict of accidental death).--Tanyushka 00:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No mention is made of when his marriage or his son's life began or ended.  Did he leave a widow or was he widowed?  When and where was his son born?  Did this have any effect on his writing?  How was his son's death related (in time) to his writing, and other activities? ~ MD Otley (talk) 04:50, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not quite orphaned 

message: Why do we need to know he was buried 'near the grave of the American expatriate author James Blish'?  How is this relevant?  Did he know Blish?  If not, surely this should be taken out. 86.133.246.224 12:56, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes the wording's a bit odd. Blish's grave didn't exist until 1975. It's true to say that Blish was buried close to Grahame but not the reverse. It's probably best to take it out. -- Derek Ross | Talk 21:18, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Uh?

message: The inscription on the gravestone (just look at the picture) says "To the memory of Kenneth Grahame," not (perhaps unfortunately) the more brooding and Yahwistic "I AM the memory of Kenneth Grahame." 
Mnentro 12:10, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I am the beautiful memory of Kenneth Grahame . . .  

message: Previous article here stated year of death in 1955 which is erroneous as his tombstone clearly shows in the picture that he died in 1932 as do other sources online.67.141.132.163 (talk) 02:47, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changed Date Of Death 

message: I never presume to rewrite anyone's text, only correct indisputable flaws of grammar, spelling, and syntax. So I won't touch the claim under "Works" that "The Wind in the Willows" is a "fun read," but I hope a few will agree with me that this bit of Generation X slang has no place in a serious reference work. Unfortunately, young writers are simply unaware that things like this are not acceptable to educated readers. When I explain it to them, they always look puzzled, even astounded. That is why they are also called the "Clueless Generation." Billcito (talk) 06:51, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inappropriate slang 

message: I've placed a couple of images on the Commons as follows. Not particularly exciting images, but may be of interest:
WyrdLight (talk) 20:33, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue Plaques 

message: Kittybrewster  ☎ 23:09, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Fresh view

message: I visited the Bank of England Museum today and saw the Kenneth Grahame exhibit and added a sentence describing his pension details. Unfortunately the link to the BoE museum webpage on Grahame wrongly states he was due £710. There is actually a worked calculation on display at the museum, which appears very old, showing his entitlement to be £790 not £710, so the website is wrong. The calculation is 1/75 of final salary per year worked plus five. He worked for 30 years and was earning £1700 so (30+5)/75 * 1700 = 7/15 * 1700 = 790 rounded. It's actually written out in pencil including the long division although it's not completely clear whether it was the actual calculation used at the time of Grahame's departure. However as data must be verifiable I've changed it to £710 and I will take it up with the website.TheMathemagician (talk) 12:44, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pension details 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I've heard it suggested that he was opposed to Christianity and held some sort of 'pagan' views. The reference to his book 'Pagan Papers' hints at this, as does the 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' chapter in 'Wind in the Willows'. It would be helpful to see it discussed. Ender's Shadow Snr (talk) 16:54, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious views: paganism?