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Child of the 7th Age · 04-30-2002, 11:14 PM

Birdland -- Ho, ho. Very clever. A gardener and a scholar! Something else too--the farm was in Evesham, Worcestershire which was in the West Midlands (where the Suffield wing of the family was from). This, along with Warwickshire, was, I believe, the model for the Shire.

There is one other point of interest I pulled out of the Tolkien Family Album which I took out of the Library. This isn't about Hilary, but it's another one of those possible coincidences with the writings. The Tolkien family moved to 11 St.Marks Terrace in the 1920s, not far from the University. The area is described as "dingy and soot covered". Chemicals in the air rotted the curtains out every six months. Baby Michael was covered head to toe "with smuts if he was left outside in his pram for any length of time." And JRRT had to change his collar three times a day, if he wanted it to be clean. No wonder he felt as he did about industrialization and the environment! sharon, the 7th age hobbit

04-30-2002, 11:14 PM	#8
Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Birdland -- Ho, ho. Very clever. A gardener and a scholar! Something else too--the farm was in Evesham, Worcestershire which was in the West Midlands (where the Suffield wing of the family was from). This, along with Warwickshire, was, I believe, the model for the Shire. There is one other point of interest I pulled out of the Tolkien Family Album which I took out of the Library. This isn't about Hilary, but it's another one of those possible coincidences with the writings. The Tolkien family moved to 11 St.Marks Terrace in the 1920s, not far from the University. The area is described as "dingy and soot covered". Chemicals in the air rotted the curtains out every six months. Baby Michael was covered head to toe "with smuts if he was left outside in his pram for any length of time." And JRRT had to change his collar three times a day, if he wanted it to be clean. No wonder he felt as he did about industrialization and the environment! sharon, the 7th age hobbit __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.