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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-23-2004, 03:11 PM

Good guess, but you want someone less biblical. The statue's in a place where Tolkien often had business.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-27-2004, 07:00 AM

I remember reading this tidbit, but haven't located it in the chapters of the biography that I've paged through. It seems to me that it was in a library, at one of the colleges. Can you give a clue that will help narrow down the search a bit?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-27-2004, 02:37 PM

This concerns the placement of Tolkien's own bust.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-28-2004, 02:22 AM

Ah, I finally found it, in Letter 288 - JRRT hung his hat on the Tsar of Russia's bust! I wonder if his own, in the Oxford English Faculty Library, is used similarly today?!

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-28-2004, 03:02 AM

Hardly anyone wears hats any more, so probably not. Maybe one day I'll do it, in revenge for the Czar's dignity.

Your turn, Estelyn.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-30-2004, 12:47 AM

In which seaside town did the Tolkien family spend a holiday that inspired one of his children's stories?

**The Saucepan Man** · 06-30-2004, 02:41 AM

... but was it the charming resort of Sidmouth?

06-23-2004, 03:11 PM	#1
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Nice thought, but no Good guess, but you want someone less biblical. The statue's in a place where Tolkien often had business. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-27-2004, 07:00 AM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I remember reading this tidbit, but haven't located it in the chapters of the biography that I've paged through. It seems to me that it was in a library, at one of the colleges. Can you give a clue that will help narrow down the search a bit? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-27-2004, 02:37 PM	#3
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	A clue This concerns the placement of Tolkien's own bust. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-28-2004, 02:22 AM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Ah, I finally found it, in Letter 288 - JRRT hung his hat on the Tsar of Russia's bust! I wonder if his own, in the Oxford English Faculty Library, is used similarly today?! __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-28-2004, 03:02 AM	#5
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That's the one Hardly anyone wears hats any more, so probably not. Maybe one day I'll do it, in revenge for the Czar's dignity. Your turn, Estelyn. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

06-30-2004, 12:47 AM	#6
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	In which seaside town did the Tolkien family spend a holiday that inspired one of his children's stories? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-30-2004, 02:41 AM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	I'm guessing ... ... but was it the charming resort of Sidmouth? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!