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| Errol Flynn love letters to Ledbury sweetheart to be sold | Errol Flynn love letters to Ledbury sweetheart to be sold |
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| Love letters written by dashing 1930s matinee idol Errol Flynn are to be sold at auction. | Love letters written by dashing 1930s matinee idol Errol Flynn are to be sold at auction. |
| Flynn, who in 1934 had not yet achieved fame and fortune, wrote them to a girl he met while performing at the Malvern Festival. | Flynn, who in 1934 had not yet achieved fame and fortune, wrote them to a girl he met while performing at the Malvern Festival. |
| Marjorie Bickham, from Hill Top Fruit Farm in Ledbury, was the girl he was trying to woo. | Marjorie Bickham, from Hill Top Fruit Farm in Ledbury, was the girl he was trying to woo. |
| The letters will be sold at Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge on 4 July, and are expected to make about £600. | The letters will be sold at Fieldings Auctioneers in Stourbridge on 4 July, and are expected to make about £600. |
| Nick Davies, from Fieldings, said he was surprised when he was offered the letters: "I'd been to visit a couple who were 'downsizing' and they said they had some letters from Errol Flynn and would I be interested? | Nick Davies, from Fieldings, said he was surprised when he was offered the letters: "I'd been to visit a couple who were 'downsizing' and they said they had some letters from Errol Flynn and would I be interested? |
| "It turned out that the letters were sent to [the vendor's] great-aunt, Marjorie Bickham - the girl he was trying to seduce." | "It turned out that the letters were sent to [the vendor's] great-aunt, Marjorie Bickham - the girl he was trying to seduce." |
| "Funny how you can't be candid - or sincere - in a letter. I can't anyway. There's so much I'd like to say to you... | "Funny how you can't be candid - or sincere - in a letter. I can't anyway. There's so much I'd like to say to you... |
| "Perhaps I could if I knew for certain you wanted to hear it. I'm going to bed. I know I shall think of you until I go to sleep. | "Perhaps I could if I knew for certain you wanted to hear it. I'm going to bed. I know I shall think of you until I go to sleep. |
| "'Night, Margy. | "'Night, Margy. |
| "Errol" | "Errol" |
| Flynn met Miss Bickham four years before he found fame. He was at Birmingham Repertory, travelling to regional theatres. | Flynn met Miss Bickham four years before he found fame. He was at Birmingham Repertory, travelling to regional theatres. |
| The first of the letters was written on a train while he was travelling to Scotland, and they continue for a period of four months. | The first of the letters was written on a train while he was travelling to Scotland, and they continue for a period of four months. |
| In one letter, Flynn promises to telephone Miss Bickham, and adds: "If you're out or anything, I'll leave a message. And then I'll ring again." | In one letter, Flynn promises to telephone Miss Bickham, and adds: "If you're out or anything, I'll leave a message. And then I'll ring again." |
| Mr Davies said: "Sometimes he sounds absolutely desperate to go out with her". | Mr Davies said: "Sometimes he sounds absolutely desperate to go out with her". |
| Errol Flynn | Errol Flynn |
| It is not known whether Flynn was successful in his romantic pursuit of Miss Bickham, but later in life he became known for his fast lifestyle and womanising ways, marrying three times. | |
| At the time of his death at the age of 50, Flynn was planning a fourth marriage - to his teenage girlfriend Beverly Aadland. | At the time of his death at the age of 50, Flynn was planning a fourth marriage - to his teenage girlfriend Beverly Aadland. |