I never volunteer for jobs – too much like hard work. The Jameson lazy gene kicks in.
But a job came up I knew I’d enjoy and I jumped at it. The PG Wodehouse Society has made files of all the editions of Wooster Sauce since inception in 1997 and Oh Joy! they will be posted on the website presently – a useful word approximating to mañana. Others, lacking the Jameson gene, took on the massive task of scanning and redacting. My “job” was to read a dozen random issues to see if any redactions had slipped through.
You probably don’t think Wodehouse is a dead, dated author if you read this website. He is, of course, slam-bam up-to-date. “A meteor landed in our driveway”; headline in The Times on Wednesday. Older readers may recall another meteor that fell in Alabama in 1954. Unlike the Wilcocks’ discovery of a fragment on their drive in Gloucestershire, Mrs Hodges got a ricochet while she was napping on her couch. I must change my habits to avoid a meteorite dropping on me after lunch. And the Wodehouse connection? He wrote The Meteorite Racket, published in Punch, 2nd November 1955. It might be apt to publish this in Wooster Sauce. (Hint to WS editor)
What is being ” redacted” and why?
I have a complete set of them and could check if I had unlimited time. Do they contained material which might undermine state security?
Mostly personal details such as postal addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. One of the issues I checked has an interesting article about the Wodehouse window in Norwich Cathedral.