by Johnny Glover
Yaxley Farcett rubbed his face with his hands to spark some life back into
it. He was tired. The excesses of the night before were starting to wear
him down. However, he cast his eyes back to the computer screen and clicked
on the E-Mail that had been sent by Reg Dixon to Graham Trent, the editor
of Ealham On The Net, on the 13th of June 1997. It was Dixon's reply to the
offer of a part time writing job by Trent...
FROM: Reginald Dixon DATE: 13/06/97
Mr.Trent, I was surprised at your offer of a job and, I must admit,
flattered. I'm not sure how you could have found out about my interest in
writing; maybe you read my short story 'The Day Charlie Bates' Dog Had A
Fit', published in the Barnham Parish magazine last month ? I would be delighted
to take you up on your offer and already have a few ideas kicking around
which I would be pleased to hear your opinions on. I hope to have my first
article completed by the end of next week to send to you. Thanks for the
offer. Yours Reg Dixon
FROM: Anne Worthington Date: 04/11/97
Mr.Dixon (or Reg. Can I call you Reg ?), I read your 'World Of Dixon'
column with great interest every week. I especially enjoyed last weeks, unaware
that there are so many different ways of cooking a parsnip. Shame on me,
being a farmers wife. My mother in law does most of the cooking though, luckily
for me. But I digress. The reason for this E-mail (and I hope it's reached
you), is that I need your help. I am Chair of the Barnham Historical Society
and have promised to produce some posters and pamphlets on my computer. However,
my evening classes have yet to instruct me on how to do this. Pleeeeaaasseee
can you come to my aid ? I will be at home all day on Thursday. Yours
Anne W.
Ahhh, thought Yaxley, that tallies with Fred Rickett's rumour that he had
divulged with a wicked grin the previous evening. Yaxley could vaguely remember
something about Dixon visiting Anne on Thursdays when all the Worthington's
were out at Ealham market. Clicking over to 'sent mail', Farcett eagerly
sought out Dixon's reply to Anne Worthington's cry for help...
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Episode 65: "The Reg Dixon Diaries Part Three" (May 19th 1998 Noon)
TO: Graham Trent
CC:
Subject: Re: How about it ??
Yaxley
sat back in the chair. 'So, that explains how the unlikely pairing came about'
he thought to himself. Very handy this E-Mail. Just check the dates and times
and you can piece together all sorts of things. Yaxley flicked through a
few more of the mails that Dixon had subsequently sent to Trent. They seemed
to follow a weekly pattern. Every Monday there was a page full of writing
on fen related topics. Farcett didn't read any of them but just cast a glance
over the titles; 'The Floods', 'Sugar Beet & it's introduction into
Cambridgeshire', 'Blight !!', 'The difficult art of cauliflower growing'
and many more in the same vein. Bloody hell thought Yaxley, I bet they were
a riveting read. Growing slightly tired of this obsession with vegetables,
Yaxley had another look at the list of folders that Dixon had created to
keep his e-mails in. The one labelled 'A.W' looked intriguing, so he clicked
on the line and was presented with literally scores of mail that had been
sent to Dixon by Anne Worthington. Yaxley cast his mind back to the previous
morning and his encounter with the enigmatic Anne. Thinking about it, her
study was very similar to Dixon's, which he now sat in; the PC, the books,
the files and the air of 'librariness'. If that was the word he was looking
for. Scanning through the dates and the subject titles it appeared that Anne
was rather an intense lady, e-mail wise. Most of the subject titles were
festooned with exclamation marks and lots of Capital letters. Yaxley scrolled
through the list until he came upon the first one, dated the 4th of November
1997...
TO: Reginald Dixon
Cc:
Subject: HELP
!!!!!!!!