H. E. Bates with the television adaptations of his stories "The Darling Buds of May" and its sequels as well as adaptations of "My Uncle Silas", "A Moment in Time", "Fair Stood the Wind for France" and "Love for Lydia". In his home town of Rushden, H.E. Bates has a road named after him to the west of the town, leading to the local leisure centre. Eads, Peter, 1990, H.E.BATES, A Bibliographical Study, St. Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, Hampshire, Omnigraphics, Detroit 1990 Eads, Peter, 2007, H.E.BATES, A Bibliographical Study, Oak Knoll Press & British Library, (Oak Knoll Press) (The British Library) Eads, Peter, 1990,
Frank Bates in the majors again. Bates returned to the Interstate League in 1900, and he went 6-13. In 1908, he finished his professional baseball career with the Cotton States League's Meridian Ribboners. In September 1918, Bates was living in Cincinnati, and working as a laborer for H. E. Culberson in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Frank Bates "This article is about the baseball player. For Frank S. Bates the University of Minnesota Professor." Creed Napoleon "Frank" Bates (September 28, 1876 – after 1918) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1899. He played for the Cleveland Spiders and St. Louis