Originally Posted by
Ronijayne
Oh yikes, I am a geek, I am still following this trail Daz,
I found this, nothing to do with the paintings but sounds such a lovely description....
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His landlady Mrs Blodget, with whom he lodged in 1853 and in the winter of 1855–6, lived at 153 (formerly 133) Duke St. Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe came on a visit in 1853 and stayed with Mr Cropper, a brother‐in‐law of Matthew Arnold, at Dingle Bank—‘a beautiful little retreat on the banks of the Mersey’
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http://www.jrank.org/literature/page...#ixzz0qa8j8e9T
And there's me thinking this forum is full of competing geeks - yet to me this single post outgeeks them all! This'll keep 'em busy for weeks!... Harriet Beecher Stowe and Nathaniel Hawthorne having a Dingle Bank connection indeed! Defoe's encounter with Lancashire Clowns! Who knew about Tom Paine's bones?
Roscoe living and dying in Lodge Lane... Where's the Blue Plaque?
Congratulations, oh Queen of The Geeks!
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