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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Historic Harrow and Harrow School - Churchill and Byron were here

London and Harrow are full of memories.

You can see Shakespeare's bust outside the Guildhall, which has a free art Gallery, near Bank station.



Angela Lansbury

My travel blog reached 3666 readers yesterday. Mrs Beeton was in Hatch End and a plque to her is outside Lattakia restaurant. 513 Uxbridge Road.



W.S. Gilbert (b. 1836, lived and died at Grim’s Dyke, Harrow 1890-1911), now a hotel, with good food.

William Heath Robinson (1872, lived in Pinner 1908-1918), and a museum featuring his work is in Pinner Park opposite Pinner station.

Ballantyne, Scottish author of The Coral Island and many children's books lived in Pinner, but retired to Rome for his health and died and was buried there.





Leefe Robinson (1895, d. Stanmore 1918), is comemorated in the Leefe Robinson pub, opposite the cemetery extension where he is buried.

The Mayor of Harrow lays a wreath on his grave, which is photographed in local newspapers, on remembrance day, November 11th.

Terence “Jet” Harris (b. Kingsbury 1939),
Jane Asher (b. Willesden 1946), and
Jane March (b. Edgware 1973).

Up near Harrow school are heritage plaques to writers.

Anne Frank's father lived in Edgware, after WW2, with his second wife and stepdaughter who wrote a book.

Writers, poets, and philosophers






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