In 1965 my father William Merrow built up a great little alternate career and business in the Multi- lingual Recruitment field. He did incredibly well and by 1992, Merrow Employment Agency Ltd had a great reputation and an enviable turnover. Then it all went pear shaped, as is the way of the world and I had no choice but to step in and help out. Dad was not well, we had moved into incredibly expensive offices in Bond Street ...
Good times were undoubtedly with David Hemmings. We had a great, fun together as a couple and although he would drive me mad with his unreliability, his ability to quaff large amounts of alcohol and his roving eye, his attentiveness and care of me was a joy.
I was dealing with personal issues at the time: a panic disorder, which was rather a problem, but David was patient and supportive and I will always treasure our time together. DH ( affectionate ...
I am happy to report that Life is pretty good at the moment. The big one ALONE AROUND THE WORLD is moving right along, with writing about to recommence. I have had a nice invitation to return to the UK to make an appearance at the Hammer Horror convention in November, with the possibility of an Evening with Jane Merrow, (that's me folks) at the Cinema Museum...which would be fun all round and quite a boost to the ego. ...
Hello all, a bit more about ALONE AROUND THE WORLD, with a couple of nice pictures. Here is one of Rob and Naomi James and me on the boat Colt Cars, when we first met and were planning the film of Naomi's single handed sailing voyage around the world. Sadly the timing was all wrong for us, Rob had been really keen on the idea of the film, but Naomi was rather shell shocked by all the ...
Posted on August 22, 2015 and filed under Just Talking!, Memories, My News & My Kind of People, Recent Projects
Hello everyone, I am off to Sun Valley this weekend to meet with writer David Seidler and Dame Naomi James and her daughter Lois, to talk about the movie we are planning about Naomi’s solo sailing voyage around the world in the 53 foot yacht Express Crusader in 1978 at the age of 29. I developed this feature in the 1980’s as a vehicle for myself, until David ...
Posted on July 31, 2015 and filed under Just Talking!, Memories, My News & My Kind of People, Recent Projects