Malcolm Saville, Shropshire and a 1937 Mystery Agenda

Discover the truth about Malcolm Saville’s first visit to Shropshire, as author and Malcolm Saville Society co-founder Mark O’Hanlon delivers an entertaining, illustrated presentation, which shatters both myth and conventional theory, to shine a light on the reality of Malcolm Saville’s 1937 explorations! Using rarely seen personal photographs from Malcolm Saville’s very own 1930s family scrapbook, witness the breath-taking scenery of Shropshire, as he first discovered it nearly ninety years ago.

Are you interested to learn more about Malcolm Saville, and to witness the inspiration for his Lone Pine adventure series, six years before Mystery at Witchend was first published? Then why not join
us for this brand new one-hour event? It will include an opportunity to have your own questions answered, as part of a two-way interactive Q&A session, after the main presentation.

This bite-sized event launches an exciting new initiative by the Malcolm Saville Society which aims to use modern technology to deliver an informal ‘café experience’ to members – if you are not
already a member, why not join the Society today? Using Zoom technology, as a member of the Malcolm Saville Society, you can join the session free of charge from your own home. Why not register now, and then sit back, put the kettle on and be
part of this exciting new online event, to be hosted from 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, 17 May 2025.

About the Guest Speaker: Mark O’Hanlon 

Mark O’Hanlon is co-founder of the Malcolm Saville Society which was established in 1994 and has now enrolled over 1,500 members of all ages. His first book, The Complete Lone Pine, was published in 1996 and was short-listed by the Children’s Books History Society for their Harvey Darton Award. Two years later, he completed Malcolm Saville’s own unfinished manuscript, The Silent Hills of Shropshire, followed by Beyond the Lone Pine (the official biography of Malcolm Saville), in 2001.

Since then, Mark has had various Malcolm Saville-related content published across book, magazine, CD, television, radio, multi-media and online formats. He continues to research and write about Malcolm Saville, and about local history around the south Shropshire and north Herefordshire countryside, where he has now lived for over twenty years. His latest book, Downton Postcards:
Deltiology of the Downton Castle Estate, Herefordshire, is available to purchase at www.downtonpostcards.co.uk

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