“Why can’t grown-ups just give me stuff, let me do what I like and then go away A LOT?”  Richmal Crompton, William Again Richmal Crompton was born on the 15th of November in 1890 in Bury, Lancashire, England. Her father, Rev. Edward John Sewell Lamburn, taught classics at the local boys’ school, and Richmal attended… Read More November 15th – Richmal Crompton