Edited by Barry Pike, The Bottle Street Gazette contains scholarly, speculative and frivolous articles, as well as reminiscences from friends of Margery Allingham and Philip Youngman Carter. The journal takes its name from the London address of Allingham's detective, Albert Campion, who lived in a flat at 17a Bottle Street, above a police station.
The current issues are in the third series of publications for members. The first series was made up of the British Newsletters of the early years (1988 - 1991) and the first run of The Bottle Street Gazette (1992 - 1994). The second series was produced by the American representative of the time, Maryell Cleary.
Third Series: 1996 to date
No. 25: Spring 2008
- News and recent events
- Twentieth Birthday Celebration
- Margery Allingham's Letters to Russell Meiggs
- Dancers in Mourning's 70th Birthday
- by Barry Pike
- Margery Allingham's Other War
- by Susan Peters Ph.D
- The Case of the Late Pig on the page and on screen
- by Michael Cox
- The Stories of Margery Allingham
- by B A Pike
- On Christmas Day in the Morning
- by Margery Allingham
- Miss Jessical Lives!
- More on Botany
- Was Pip "Put Upon" Too?
- by Pamela Bruxner
- Dancers in Mourning at 70
- Musical settings of the songs by Maurice Bentley
- Correspondence
- Obituary: Francine Morris Swift
No. 24: Autumn 2007
- News and recent events
- Visit to the Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex, Colchester on 30 March 2007
- Annual General Meeting and Birthday Lunch
- The Wheaton Convention
- Children of the Rectory: Margery Allingham and Dorothy L. Sayers
- by Jasmine Simeone
- Margery Allingham's Other War
- by Susan Peters Ph.D
- The Case of the Late Pig on the page and on screen
- by Michael Cox
- The Stories of Margery Allingham
- by B A Pike
- On Christmas Day in the Morning
- by Margery Allingham
- Miss Jessical Lives!
- More on Botany
- Was Pip "Put Upon" Too?
- by Pamela Bruxner
- Dancers in Mourning at 70
- Musical settings of the songs by Maurice Bentley
- Correspondence
- Obituary: Francine Morris Swift
No. 23: Spring 2007
- A Hot Fiery Plant under the Jurisdiction of Mars
- by Pat Marjoram
- Hurlingham House
- Correspondence between Richard Cheffins and Brian Jenkins
- How to Live on Threepence a Day
- by Richard H.A. Cheffins
- Margery Allingham's Diary for 1934: Part 4
- Coe Fen Lane and the Fen Causeway Bridge
- by Richard H.A. Cheffins
- Margery Allingham's "Little Venice"
- by Richard H.A. Cheffins
- A Campion Commentary: 12. Coroner's Pidgin
- by Roger Johnson
- Letters to the Editor
No. 22: Autumn 2006
- News and recent events
- 2006 Convention
- by Barry Pike
- The Mysterious Case of Mystery Mile
- by Don Dale Jones
- Sherlock Holmes in Cambridge
- by Catherine Cooke
- Police at the Funeral
- The Cambridge Murders
- Margery Allingham: Her stories and Their Illustrators
- by Barry Pike
- Margery Allingham's Diary for 1934: Part 3
- Friends and Associates: 12. Russell Meiggs (1902-1989)
- Correspondence
No. 21: Spring 2006
- Correspondence
- Margery's Gardens by Barry Pike
- A Campion Commentary: 11. Traitor's Purse
- by Roger Johnson
- Margery Allingham's Diary for 1934: Part 2
- This Book Is For...
- The Dedications of Margery Allingham
No. 20: Autumn 2005
- The Garden
- by Margery Allingham
- In My Garden
- by Margery Allingham
- Visit to Popes Hall
- by Barry Pike
- Popes Hall
- by John Sweetman
- Extracts Relating to Popes Hall from Margery Allingham's Diary for 1934
- Letter From Roger Johnson
- More Work For The Undertaker: Music Hall Song
- Mr Lugg in 100 Words
- Margery Allingham's Diary for 1934: Part 1
- Old Wine in New Bottles
- Wanted: Someone Innocent
- by Barry Pike
- Friends and Associates: 11. Josephine de Vasconcellos (1904-2005)
- News & Correspondence
No. 19: Spring 2005
- News and recent events
- Margery Allingham and Food
- by Natasha Cooper
- Margery and Mastermind
- A Campion Commentary: 10. The Fashion in Shrouds
- by Roger Johnson
- The Centenary Convention of the Margery Allingham Society 17-20 September 2004
- by Chris Simpson
- Friends and Associates: 10. Audrey Cameron (1905-1985)
- Glossary of Grafters Slang
- Correspondence
- Obituary: Dr Chris Willis (1960-2004)
No. 18: Autumn 2004: Second Centenary Edition
- Centenary Celebrations
- The Allingham Oeuvre: 1928-1968
- by Barry Pike
No. 17: Summer 2004: First Centenary Edition
- The Society Visit to the Tate Gallery 25th October 2003
- The Margery Allingham Centenary
- by Barry Pike
- The Margery Allingham Society
- by Barry Pike
- Stories from 'The Wag - Tale'
- by Margery Allingham.
- A magazine complete with stories, serials, recipes, household hints and advertisments created when Margery was circa eight years old. Includes
- The School
- by K. Norfolk
- The Coming of Miss Gregory
- by M. Allingham
- The Pearl of the Sea
- by D. Norfolk
- The Rescue of the Rain Clouds
- by Margery Allingham
- Playing With Fire
- by Margery Allingham.
- One of the stories from films written for Girl's Cinema
- Dido and Aeneas
- by Margery Allingham.
- Blank verse drama written when studying drama and speech training at the Regent Street Polytechnic
- Dido and Aeneas
- previewed in The Daily Chronicle May 16 1922
- Blackkerchief Dick reviewed
- Not Hard Hearted - WISE: Miss Nineteen Twenty-five confesses
- published in Joy magazine
- By Morning Light
- unpublished
- Little Scratches Between Tabby and Kitty
- published in Joy magazine
- The Lover: A Romantic Novel of Modern Times
- unpublished
No. 16: Autumn 2003
- News and recent events
- The Margery Allingham Walk: 16 August 2003
- The Birthday Lunch
- Contextualising Magic and Witchcraft in the Novels of Margery Allingham
- by Alison Rowlands
- Margery Allingham and the Detection Club
- The Programme is Continuous
- by Margery Allingham
- Who's Bertie
- by Geraldine Perriam
- Music and Margery Allingham
- by Philip Scowcroft
- Friends and Associates: 9. Leslie Cresswell (1896-1979)
- by Barry Pike
- A Campion Commentary: Dancers in Mourning: a Postscript
- by Roger Johnson
No. 15: Spring 2003
- News and recent events
- Obituary: Pat Watt (10 June 1929 - 3 March 2003)
- Sex and Sweet Danger
- by Geraldine Perriam
- Friends and Associates: 8. T. E. B. Clarke (1907-1989)
- The Day of the Demon: A Country Tale
- by Margery Allingham
- A Campion Commentary: 9. Dancers in Mourning
- by Roger Johnson
- Allingham-Bashing: St. John Ervine's Letters to Margery Allingham
No. 14: Autumn 2002
- News and recent events
- Miss Allingham's Birthday Party
- Allingham and the ODQ
- Middlebrow Margery
- Obituary: William A S Sarjeant (1935 - 2002)
- Araucaria's Tribute
- Women and Men of Character
- "Old Age Ain't No Place For Cissies": A look at Allingham's portrayal
of the Older Woman
- by Margaret Kinsman
- "The Old Doctor" and D'Arcy House
- by Stephen P Nunn
- Children Not Sausages: The Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham by Andrew Taylor
- A History of the Introduction of Margery Allingham in Japan by Susumu Kobayashi
- Campion Country: A topographical study of those Campion novels
of Margery Allingham and Philip Youngman Carter with a rural
setting.
- Part II: The Post-War Novels
- by Richard Cheffins
- by John Hall
No. 13: Spring 2002
- News and recent events
- Weekend in Danbury
- The Black Dogs of Essex
- A Letter to my Niece
- by Margery Allingham
- Blackkerchief Dick
- by B. A. Pike
- Darkened Rooms: The Seance in Life and Literature
- by Marianne van Hoeven
- Campion Country: A topographical study of those Campion novels
of Margery Allingham and Philip Youngman Carter with a rural
setting.
- Part I: The Pre-War Novels
- by Richard Cheffins
- by Margery Allingham
- by Roger Johnson
No. 12: Autumn 2001
- News and recent events
- The Birthday Luncheon for 2001
- Obituary: Joyce Allingham (1913 - 2001)
- "Campion's Wood" and "Ending"
- Two poems in tribute to Joyce Allingham
- by Richard Martin
- Eulogy spoken by Barry Pike at Joyce Allingham's memorial service, St. Nicholas' Church, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, 9 April 2001
- Three Great Detectives of the Golden Age by Maryell Cleary
- Sayers on Allingham
- Room To Let
- by Cindy Ruth Collins
- Answers to the birthday party menu quiz set by Roger Johnson and Jean Upton
- Cooee and Coué
- A Campion Commentary: 7. Flowers for the Judge
- by Roger Johnson
- Correspondence
- Solution to Campion Crossword No.2
No. 11: Spring 2001
- News and recent events
- Obituary: Professor Jack Morpurgo (1918 - 2000)
- The Cambridge Weekend: October 2000
- Classifying Amanda: Some aspects of female and femininity
in the pre-war Campion novels of Margery Allingham
- by Marianne ven Hoeven
- View From Cambridge of Police at the Funeral
- by Susan Rowland
- From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell: Women Writers in detection
and Crime Fiction
- Susan Rowland, Palgrave 2001, hb.216 pp
- reviewed by Geraldine Perriam
- Charlie's Girl
- by Barry Pike
- Mr Campion's Swansong: the 22nd Albert Campion Novel
- by Barry Pike
- Two of the Best
- Friends and Associates: 6. Cecil Walker (1901 - 1962)
- Correspondence
- The Campion Crossword No.2: Death of a Ghost
- Lavinia Davies
- Allingham ABC
No. 10: Autumn 2000
- News and recent events
- The Birthday Luncheon for 2001
- John Long's Mystery Competition
- Viscount K..........
- My Kind of Reading
- Charlie Luke's Daughter
- Mary Borden's Tribute
- Albert 100: Mr Campion's Hundredth Birthday
- Six in One: A Hundred Lines for Albert Campion
- Albert 100: Crime Scene 2000
- Filming the Tiger
- Answers to the quiz on the Centenary menu card
- My Characters
- by Margery Allingham
- Friends and Associates: 5. Selwyn Jepson (1899 - 1989)
- Quoiting and Margery Allingham
- by Philip Scowcroft
- Allingham Adapted: The Novels on Radio and Television: Part III
- Index of The Bottle Street Gazette: New Series
- A Campion Commentary: 6. Death of a Ghost
- by Roger Johnson
- Solution to Campion Crossword No.1
No. 9: Spring 2000
- News and recent events
- Back Numbers of the Newsletters
- The Albert Memorial
- The Public Spirit of Francis Smith
- by Margery Allingham
- Two Leading Ladies of British detective Fiction: Margery Allingham
and Dorothy L. Sayers compared
- by Philip L. Scowcroft
- Two Letters From the Manchester Guardian
- Blue Herrings
- Away From It All
- Current Values
- Audiobooks Update
- Campion's Theme Tune
- Note on the Internet
- Allingham Adapted: The Novels on Radio and Television: Part II
- Index to the American Newsletters
- Into the Next Millennium with Margery: A talk to members of the
Maldon District Museum Association, 24th February
2000
- by Roger Johnson and Jean Upton
- Friends and Associates: 4. Alan Gregory (1906 - 1985)
- The Campion Crossword: 1
- devised by Helen Conium
No. 8: Autumn 1999
- News and recent events
- Funeral Ode
- by Margery Allingham
- The London Walk Saturday 4 July 1999
- the London Walk - A Postscript
- by Richard H.A. Cheffins
- Well Done That Old Girl
- Talking dogs
- Two More Letters
- both from Manfred B. Lee
- All I Want is a Room in Bloomsbury...
- Friends and Associates: 3. Frank Swinnerton (1884 - 1982)
- Recent Prices
- Julia and Georgia or Julie and Georgie
- Index to first series of the Newsletter and Bottle Street Gazette
- A Campion Commentary: 5.
Sweet Danger
- by Roger Johnson
- Millennium Award
- Police at the Funeral: a footnote
No. 7: Spring 1999
- News and recent events
- Crime Writers at the National Portrait Gallery
- The Royal Albert Music Hall
- by Roger Johnson
- Margery and the Music Hall
- by Barry Pike
- A Cartoon
- by Philip Youngman Carter
- Allingham Adapted: The Novels on Radio and Television: Part I (Radio)
- The Pleasure of Reading
- AS Byatt and Margery Allingham
- A Campion Commentary: 4. Police at the Funeral
- by Roger Johnson
- with a footnote to Look to the Lady
- Friends and Associates: 2. R.C. Woodthorpe
No. 6: October 1998
- News and recent events
- Margery Allingham: cover Girl
- Celebrities Choice
- Allingham on the Internet
- Margery Allingham and Mark Twain
- Top "Times" Columnist Praised Golden Age Mystery Writer: 'Read Margery Allingham with Pride' says prize-winning journalist
- Audio Allingham: The Late Pig
- Bishops in the Family: Albert's Clerical Uncles
- A Campion Commentary: 3. Look to the Lady
- by Roger Johnson
- with a footnote to Mystery Mile
- The Society's Visit to Layer Marney Tower
- 21 June 1998
- Two Letters
- Friends and Associates: 1. Lavinia Riker Davies (1909 - 1961)
No. 5: April 1998
- News and recent events
- A Notable Acquisition
- Memories of Auntie Margery and Uncle Pip
- by Guy M. Wilson
- A Campion Commentary: 2. Mystery Mile
- by Roger Johnson
- A Letter from Francis Matthews
- Autumn Meeting 1997
- February Most Foul
- Another Crossword Teaser
- Allingham First Editions: Some Recent Prices
- The Tiger on Tape
No. 4: October 1997
- News and recent events
- Correspondence
- Word in Season
- by Margery Allingham
- Obituary: Brian Glover (1394 - 1997)
- Crosswords
- on Allingham clues in national crosswords
- A Campion Commentary: 1. The Crime at Black Dudley
- by Roger Johnson
- A Dubious Distinction
- Recent Allingham Prices
- For Griselda From Her Godmother
- Maldon Museum and the Margery Allingham Room
- Margery, McAllister and 'Mastermind
No. 3: April 1997
- Introduction
- News and Events
- Books of the Year: praise from Julie Birchill
- The Oaken Heart letters
- Albert Campion - The Truth: thoughts arising and a family tree
- by B A Pike
- And So Another Illusion Bites the Dust......
- A Delightful Horoscope
- for Margery Allingham
- That Spiteful Mrs Carter
- with an ms page from Flowers for the Judge
- Agatha Christie's View
- of Margery Allingham
- The Seat of Dr Salter
- D'Arcy House
- Mr Campion and the Amberley Affair
- Letter from Maryell Cleary
No. 2: October 1996
- Introduction and answers to the quiz
- Albert Campion - The Truth
- by Roger Johnson
- What Say the Jury?
- on Margery Allingham and the Swedish magazine Jury
- by Johan Wopenka and B A Pike
- Memories of Youngman Carter
- by Kenneth R. Jones
- Visit to Chappel and Pope's Hall
- by B A Pike
- The Hero of the Piece: a letter from "Uncle Bertie"
- The Allingham Market
- prices of first editions
No. 1: April 1996
- Introduction
- News and Events
- A Statement from Joyce Allingham
- The Darings of the Red Rose
- announcement of publication
- Long-term projects for the Allingham Society
- The Dictionary of Literary Biography
- Desert Island Allingham
- The Dustwrapper of Mystery Mile
- "Mysterious Fun for Millions of Escapists"
- by Margery Allingham
- on Agatha Christie
- An Allingham Letter
- to Russell Meiggs c 1940
- Audio-tapes of Margery Allingham's books
- Artists in Crime
- "The Old Lady and the Voice"
- mini-ghost story by Margery Allingham
- Crosswords
- on Allingham clues in national crosswords
- An Allingham Pub-crawl
- quiz by Pamela Bruxner
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