Marilyn Monroe Exhibition in London

 

My Marilyn Monroe Clock. Picture by Angela Lansbury.

I am a Marilyn Monroe fan. I bought this clock in America when we were living there.

Now, in November 2024 there is a Marilyn Monroe exhibition in London which contains many objects acquired by a private collector, as you learn from the exhibition's website which has several pictures of the exhibits. 

Marilyn is so popular, this exhibition is a must for many enthusiasts. However, the cost is well over twenty pounds which is more than some people want to pay. If the cost or distance prevents you from attending you will find a lot on the web including invaluable first stop wikipedia whose end notes send you in all directions including museums, statues, film locations, hotels where she stayed and other places where you can travel.

We watched all the Marilyn film or excerpts on YouTube supplementing by ordering all the Marilyn films, sometimes in better quality, or worse quality, which we watched during and after Covid. We found 22 films, both the commercial film and short 'student' films. The first one is just a few seconds of her saying Hi outdoors. The last one which I recall is the misfits, released in 1961, the year she died. 

Books About Marilyn

I read two books about Marilyn. I first stood in Waterstones in Singapore and read the last page of all their books on Marilyn. I wanted to see what they said about Marilyn and whether she committed suicide or was killed. If so who was the suspect?

Was the book well-researched, interesting, well-written? I was doing this research before deciding which book to buy. I recall that despite intending and budgeting to buy one book I ended up by buying two books.

The UK exhibition is conveniently just 2 minutes from London Bridge Station.

How A Book on Marilyn Monroe led to the O'Henry Museum in Austin, Texas

Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl.

The Story of Marilyn Monroe

The story of unreliably late but mesmerizing actress, Marilyn Monroe making the film The Prince and The Showgirl, is told in the book about her, of the same name, also My week with Marilyn, by Colin Clark, son of the famous art collector and critic, Kenneth Clark. 

Visit Saltwood Castle

Colin took Marilyn to his parents'  home, Saltwood Castle, which was later used as a backdrop in the film My Week With Marilyn. You can visit Saltwood Castle's gardens a couple of times a year on the open days. The castle has a long history, including supposedly being the venue where four knights met before setting of to kill Thomas Becket (inspiration for T S Eliot's The Wasteland).

This book inspired my family to look up the film. That inspired us to check out the list of Marilyn's other films and to start watching them.

She made many films and at first had bit parts. She looks more sophisticated with her hair up. Her high voice fits her later persona as the little girl, the innocent, childlike girl, which she played later. 

The Stories of O'Henry

One of the films in which she played a small part was based on a short story by O Henry. I remembered O'Henry's most famous story, about the girl who sells her hair to buy her boyfriend a Christmas present. 

O Henry Museum

I went back to research O Henry and found that there was an O Henry Museum in Austin, Texas. I have been to Texas many times, when living in the USA and visiting from the UK and Singapore. However, I never went to Austin. The home of O Henry is now on my wish list.

What is the difference between the USA and the UK and other countries? In the UK you have the real historic place where it has always been and sometimes a reproduction inside a museum elsewhere. 

But in the USA you have the whole house transported to another location, as easily as moving a Monopoly piece around a board. The OHenry house is one of these. The house is authentic, but has moved from its previous location. That changes the view from the windows, as well as the atmosphere, the neighbourhood and neighbours.

Nevertheless, I get the same thrill from seeing the old house where the author lived, the desk, the chairs, the carved wood frame of the bed, the busy wallpaper, the round carpet.

Since Covid-19 it has become difficult to travel because of restrictions, fears, and increases in fares. However, whilst real travel sometimes is more difficult, it becomes increasingly easy to see what you are missing online.

Visiting a museum home online shares advantages with visiting the real home. Photos and objects bring the period of the past alive. Seeing objects makes the stories memorable. What is missing makes you do more research into the lives of the author or other notable person and their family.

O' Henry's Name

One little piece in the puzzle of O'Henry was why he wrote under a pen name. Why do authors have pen names? Many modern authors want to be famous, to make their name famous, to be known. It seems crystal clear to me that he wanted a pen name whilst he was in prison for embezzlement, to conceal his identity. 

He did not write for fame. The only use of fame was to sell more books. He wrote for money, for a living, which is why he was so prolific. As many people have said, if you want money you don't sit around waiting for inspiration. A plumber does not wait for inspiration.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Clark_(filmmaker)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Clark

https://www.saltwoodcastle.com/

https://www.amazon.sg/My-Week-Marilyn-Colin-Clark/dp/1602861498

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe

https://www.austintexas.gov/department/o-henry-museum

Celebrity park with busts of Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix

Flag of Poland

Celebrity Park in Kielce in Poland has the perfect place, a public park with bust of the famous from around the world, as well as Polish personalities, an artist, a writer and a film director.

Some of the statues (alphabetical order by surname)

A-D

Ingmar Bergman, film director.

Marc Chagall, painter, of The Fiddler (inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof) and producer of stained glass windows in Notre Dame Cathedral, Rheims; Switzerland; Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel; New York, Paris Opera house; 

Charlie Chaplin, film star, silent movies

Salvador Dali, surrealist painter

Miles Davis, jazz player, 'Prince of Darkness'. Kielce also has a full size statue of him.

(See the post in this blog on Miles Davis.)

E-K

George Gershwin

Jimi Hendrix, guitarist. See his house Museum in London beside Handel's house museum.

James Joyce, author (1882-1941), Irish novelist, wrote The Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake.

Franz Kafka

Tamara Lempicka, artist

L-R

Edith Piaf, French singer. Famous song Je ne regrette rien.

Marilyn Monroe, film star, in "Some Like It Hot", married to playwright Arthur Miller

S-Z

Igor Stravinski

Wikipedia has articles on busts of people by country of origin, busts of Romans, busts of religious figures, even busts in Poland by city, but has not been updated to include Kielce.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Poland

Poster of Young Lady in Gloves by Tamara Lempicka.

Poster of Young lady with gloves by Lempicka can be bought from

posterlounge.co.uk/p/71879

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kielce

 https://www.cheapflights.co.uk/news/celebrity-park-where-to-see-jimi-hendrix-marilyn-monroe-and-

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel researcher/writer and photographer, author and speaker. 

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How to edit your travel photos - starting with the map

I start with a map of the country on the world, or in relation to next door countries. Wikipedia is a good source of copyright free pictures.

I also include the country's flag. Label it with the country. 

 You can often get two photos from one by selective editing. Or start with the big picture, then show a close-up.

Add captions. Map of Cambodia, showing it is on the sea to the West, with Thailand to the north and Vietnam to the East - handy if you want to do a two-country trip.

Add people. To boost readership, add famous people. Add the British Royal family, Trump, Marilyn Monroe. Add pictures of them at the destination. Find their hotel, restaurant, stadium, event.

(More later.)

Useful Websites

https://www.wikihow.com/Shrink-a-Picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights

wikipedia

wikimedia

wikitravel

wikivoyage

wiktionary

wikihow

translate Google

tripadvisor

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

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Waterfalls, wonderful waterfalls all over the world: America, Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Malaysia

The Americas
This week Google has been sending me wonderful waterfall pictures of Iguazu Falls in South America. When I think of big waterfalls, I think of the big three, Niagara, which I have seen from both the Candaian and american sides, the Victoria Falls in Africa (now renamed something I cannot remember) and the South American waterfalls. Each continent has something special to see.

Niagara - Canada
Canada has the all jumping exciting side of the falls with all the museums. Marilyn Monroe made a film here. I have been several times. I never managed to time it right to see the Houdini museum.

Niagara - USA
If you cannot leave the USA, you can see the Falls from the American side.

The three things I remember are:
1 The noise
2 The wet spray - on some excursions you will be asked to wear waterrproof covering, or might be given it.
3 The prices.

The boat journeys come and go. They are allowed. They are banned. They are allowed again.
If you are the nervous type and prefer to stay at a distance, instead of spending your money on the attractions, you might prefer to indulge in a hotel room overlooking the falls.

What would you do if stuck indoors? Watch marilyn Monroe in the film Niagara.

As with all these attractions, in a tur group, I miss a lot of the commentary because of the noise or I am delaying to take a photo. Since you might miss half the commentary, it helps to resarch the place in advance, even print off your own guide from Wikipedia or Wikivoyage or the local tourist board.

If you have the chance, go from the USA to South America to see the Iguazu Falls.

Iguazu Falls - Brazil/Argentina

England
For me, South America is still just a dream. I remember reading about a boy who set out to visit all the major waterfalls. The minor waterfalls are numerous. We have been on hikes along paths to waterfalls in England's lovely Lake Distict, which is a pupular honeymoon destination.

I once rang up the local tourist board and asked, "Can you find me a hotel with a four-poster bed?"

She said, "You'll have to be more specific. Almost every hotel in the Lake District has a four-poster bed. Some of the hotels have three or four."

The Lake District is on the green and rainy west side of England like the Scottish lakes around Glasgow. You will find the same in many countries and islands. the wet part is green, with waterfalls, in rainy season.

Rain brings gushing rivers, waterfalls, great photos, also muddy paths. We turned back on our way to the waterfall.

Then we avoided the rain by going back in high summer. However, we found the drought had dried up the waterfall!

Australia
The seasons are opposite down in Australia. On the Great Ocean Road, we unexpectedly found a path leading to a waterfall. We took a detour, after some debate. Why? I said, "What's the problem? Because it's only half an hour."

My husband replied, "Yes. Half an hour there, would be an hour, return, plus time spent at the fall."

The signpost writer's idea of a half hour walk extended to an hour, as I hobbled along in unsutibale shoes, watched my step and took photos.

We were just about to turn back. I stopped. My husband carried on to the next corner. He came running back.

"We must be near - I can hear it!"

Yes, we heard it. And for the next half hour we continued to hear it. We finally made it.

We did not reach our hotel by lunch time but by dinner time!

We felt like explorer Livingstone - even on a marked path with wooden steps and railings.

What about rhe real Livingstone country?

Africa
The statue of Livinstone looking at the Victoria Falls.

David Lingstone Statue.

I hope the statue stays and does not disappear in a wave of political correctness.

Contrast the falls in raining season and the falls in dry season.



Asia - Malaysia
I live part of the year in Singapore. From Singapore many honeymoon couples go to the Kota Tinggi waterfall in Johor, Malaysia, just across the causeway, for romantic photos, often taken there by photographers.

Kota Tinggi Waterfalls, Johor, Malaysia (side trip from Singapore)

Asia - Singapore's Artificial Falls
Jewel Mall - free
Singapore itself has two magnificent artificial indoor waterfalls. The one in the centre of Jewel Shopping Mall (the old airport car park, domed and converted into a mall, with the central waterfall designed by renowned architect Moshe Safdie).





I went to the pre-opening, and several times after it opened.  It is great when you arrive at mid-level, great from higher floors, different again from the basement when it thunders behind a transparent barrier.

But Covid-19 measures are in place, so check opening times before setting off. It could be closed evenings, opening late, timed free entry, or not open at all.

The other huge waterfall and huge tourist attraction is in the Gardens by the Bay. One of the two main attractions. One is the Flower Garden (a series of gardens).

The second is Cloud Mountain.
This contains the large waterfall. Walkways zig zag up several floors. You can take the lift to the top and walk down.


Get tickets for both attractions at a reduced price if possible and allow several hours.

If you want something free, the free Botanic Gardens has a tiny waterfall which you can walk behind, refreshing on a hot day. You do get wet. You have to shield your camera or mobile phone with an umbrella. I started by taking photos from the outside. Then I ventured into the short tunnel walk behind the fall, which has an  window behind the noisy spray.

Water, water, everywhere. Wonderful waterfalls.

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_(film)
Niagara Falls movie locations:
http://www.themoviedistrict.com/niagara-1953/2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Tinggi_Waterfalls

https://www.lakescottageholiday.co.uk/blog/lake-district-waterfalls/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_New_Zealand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_England

About the Author
Travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

How to get more readers - top ten tips

Look at the best selling, most readers blogs and copy their content and webpage style.

Yes, I know, this involves having a sexy girl and an exotic location. Or a cute kitten. The top bloggers spend all day preening themselves and before covid-19 they travelled in packs to top spots such as waterfalls and posed separately and together. Now you can add music and backdrops and cartoons.

What if sex, stripping and selling are not your thing?

The selling techniques are well known.

1 Famous Names. & Famous Photos
Add famous names.




For example: "Fake News. Faudster tries to sell painting of pregnant Marilyn Monroe to Trump." (Attracts more readers than, 'I just drank coffee'.)

Add Alliteration.
Tourists flock to Trump Taj Mahal In Atlantic City
Look At  Tump's star in LA



Best French Food

Romantic Restaurants

Zebra Escapes Zoo

2 Series.
(First free lesson of 12 to teach you to speak Chinese fluently.)
I sometimes go back to a earlier post and put a link to a later post. Then in the later post I put a link to the earlier post.

PART 1

Now read

PART 2
If you liked this you will love part 1.

A post on learning Chinese might pick up a few readers in Singapore, China and Asia.
Keep looking at which posts attract readers, and add more on the same subject.




Small print. You must marry the teacher and live with her for ten years. Only available this week to the first two who apply. Only available in Beijing.)

3 Numbers
ADD numbers. Top ten tips for travelling free. If you are writing a series of suggestions, as I am in this article, you can add bullet points o numbers and change the title to include a number.

The more the merrier.
5 people wh recovered from Coronavirus tell (Business Insider)

2 SUSPECTS ARE SISTERS

3 WAYS TO EARN MONEY

4 CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPES

TOP 10 TOURIST DESTINATIONS

100 USES FOR LEMONS

1000 PEOPLE WILL LIVE IF ...

4 Pretty pictures
Not just one at the top of your blog posts. Have one at the start, another at the end, and one every other paragraph.

Amusing Author Angela

5 Look your best.
Best - or worst. Unbelievable but mermerizing.
Giant bust and lips.
Cute kitten with different colour eyes on top of zebra.
Python eating your cat and regurgitating it, in church, on your wedding day.
Quintuplet pregnant nuns in pineapple pattern dresses. Get tattoed with your country's flag and visit every country of the world.
Too difficult? You have not washed or cut your hair? Add a cowgirl hat.
Find a fetching outfit and write an article to match it.

6 Move
 Animation, videos, cartoons.
Couple in hammock swinging over the edge on the top of the world's tallest building.

7 Be topical.
Will Covid-19 end in time for your holiday flights?

8 Ask a question.
(Why did the world not end last Saturday?)

9 Humour.
(See number 8.)
BEWARE OF THE SPIDER FRIGHTENS MORE THAN BEWARE OF THE DOG

10 Drama.
Twins fight each other in coffin -why?

WIFM
Remember WIFM - what's in it for me.
How I made a million pounds is interesting. But how you can make a million pounds is more interesting.

Readers From Where?
Decide which kind of readers you and your advertisers want. I began my blog on travel. I wrote about England.




When I could not find another suitable picture, I used a flag.
I wrote about British English and American English.
I was surprised to see that I had many more readers in the USA than in the UK.

My husband, who is a statistician, pointed out that the USA has a larger population and many more English speaking readers will be on the internet in the USA.



I add contstant references to the USA to interest my American readers. When I wrote an article about the Amy Winehouse trail in London, I included a photo of Amy in the USA.

However, if I wanted to promote Italian restaurants, I would look for Italian subjects, such as Italian foods, wines and film stars.

To attract a worldwide audience, you would want to feature a place or person from each continent.

I then got some surprising results. Russians. Why? I looked back and found I had included a reference to learning Russian, or rather Cyrillic in Bulgaria. And I had included a mention of a Russian keyboard conversion.

This is changing it as you go. The more focused bloggers would plan out their year, their audience. My son who is in marketing websites, (SEO - search engine optimization), told me to focus on the title and audience, then plan my year's blog posts and see if I could link them.

Scheduling Blog Posts
What if you are away on holiday, or want a day of rest? You can schedule a blog post to appear on the day you are away. One popular blogger wrote all his seven posts on Sunday and scheduled them so each one appeared at 7 am local time (he was in London, England, UK) each day of the week.

Finally, how about adding a quiz.

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website
https://www.wix.com/
https://wordpress.com/read
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-recovered-spain-patients-advice-2020-5?IR=T

Author, Author! About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. (Not related to the actress.)
Author of twenty books including: Quick Quotations; Who Said What When.
See books and profiles on Lulu.com and Amazon, such as Wedding Speeches & Toasts. Also watch videos on YouTube.
See other posts on singers and statues and languages and destinations.

Online Toastmasters International Meetings
If you want to learn to speak the Queen's English, or Received Pronunciation. join me at my online toastmasters club,
Braddell Heights Advanced. Wednesdays, 7-9 Singapore time which is seven hours ahead of London, England.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=braddell%20heights%20advanced%20toastmasters
I am also a member of
Singapore Online.9-12 pm, Singapore time, Fridays. I am also a member of
Tampines Changkat Advanced.
Harrovians, Toastmasters Club, London.
Tiarel.toastmasters club, Singapore.

Toastmasters International Find a Club
https://www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=upSEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=quick+quotations
lulu.com/shop/angela-lansbury/who-said-what-when/paperback/product

Why were they laughing at me when I tried to speak their language?

Have you ever had people laugh when you tried to speak their language. I have.
What makes others laugh at me?


The South Korean flag.


I want to a lot of trouble to find the Korean words for thank you. However, when I say thank you in Korean on leaving a restaurant, three members of staff burst out laughing. The same in the next restaurant. And the next. What has gone wrong?

Koreans laughed in a restaurant when I tried to say thank you in Korean, which is staccato. I was unaware that my sing-song British accent was what amused them.

I thought I had accidentally said a swear word. I returned from Korea haunted by the fear.

Eventually I had tea with a Japanese friend in Singapore. I askedI
"Do you speak Korean?"
"No. Yes. Only few words."

"I said thank you in Korean and that made them laugh. Do you know why?"

"Ah yes. Japanese is (the) same. Staccato - every syllable - (the) same intonation. You speak like singing."

"Sing-song?"

"You don't mind I tell you."

"Not at all. I am very pleased to know the answer. Very relieved. I thought I had accidentally said a rude word."

What makes me laugh?

The Welsh Flag

The Welsh accent.

Marilyn Monroe. Photo public domain in Wikipedia.

Marilyn Monroe said, 'If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. "

I am not sure about that. It didn't work when a man was having a lovely laughing conversation with me on the phone. Then he started trying to chat me up in a Welsh accent.

I love the Welsh accent. It's friendly. It's funny. It makes me laugh with delight. Perfect for being friendly with a stranger and telling jokes.

But it didn't fit the seriousness of an anxious romantic proposal. A man trying to impress me.

Humorous Accents I can make Asians laugh when I put on different accents in English including the Scottish and Welsh accents.

For years I have been trying to make people laugh, without success. At last I have found the answer. When people laugh at you, use that in a humorous speech.

Practise Intonation The moral for travellers using other languages to be polite is:
Don't just learn the phrase from a book.
Repeat it to anybody, the hotel receptionist, the waiter, so you get the accent right before you start saying it to strangers.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and other languages.

Diana Dors Legacy - Where To See The Statue In Swindon, London Plaque, And Films (Movies)

Description	English: Diana Dors statue, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon. The statue commemorates the late lamented Swindon-born actress who was born in Old Town, Swindon and who lived here in her early years 675525
Date	22 July 2008
Source	From geograph.org.uk
Author	Brian Robert Marshall
Attribution (required by the license)	Brian Robert Marshall / Diana Dors statue, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon / CC BY-SA 2.0

Camera location	51° 33′ 38″ N, 1° 49′ 53″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth

Object location	51° 33′ 38″ N, 1° 49′ 53″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth

Swindon is on

Description	English: Diana Dors statue, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon. The statue commemorates the late lamented Swindon-born actress who was born in Old Town, Swindon and who lived here in her early years 675525
Date	22 July 2008
Source	From geograph.org.uk
Author	Brian Robert Marshall
Attribution (required by the license)	Brian Robert Marshall / Diana Dors statue, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon / CC BY-SA 2.0

Camera location	51° 33′ 38″ N, 1° 49′ 53″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth

Object location	51° 33′ 38″ N, 1° 49′ 53″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth

 the M4 from London to Wales. I always wondered what there was to see in Swindon. My husband, born and bred in London told me, the important thing to see in Swindon is the signpost to London. Now I am delighted to have a visual association with Swindon, something to say to enertain a passenger, and a reason to stop.

Licensing

Diana Dors

England is filled with heritage plaques. You see them all over London. One I have just learned about is the plaque to Diana Dors, England's answer to Americas Marilyn Monroe.

She is a vamp with two boyfriends who are brothers. And there is a heist. What more do you want!

Sadly she died young,youngish. I remember being upset when she died, even more upset that her husband shot himself, leaving her youngest son alone. Sadly he just died.

Here's a picture of Diana Dors from the film Unholy Wife:

Diana Dors films included A Kid For Two Farthings.

My favourite film featuring Diana Dors is the rivetting plot of Passport to Shame, which also starred Herbert Lom as the baddie, and gave bit parts to Michael Caine and other famous names.
Don't let the title put you off. It is set in a UK brothel, where the character played by Diana Dors is trying to save her sister.

n	Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Diana Dors in de Rudi Carrell show Beschrijving : Rudi Carrell en Diana Dors tijdens de repetitie van de show Annotatie : Diana Dors (1931-1984). Rudi Carrell (1934-2006) Datum : 19 oktober 1968 Locatie : Hilversum Trefwoorden : artiesten, televisieprogramma's Persoonsnaam : Carrell, Rudi, Dors, Diana Fotograaf : Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer : 921-7797 Reacties Geplaatst door Maaike op 07 mei 2014 - 10:23. NB. Uitgezonden op 2 november 1968
Date	19 October 1968
Source	http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ab517ec2-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84
Author	Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo

n

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo

Reportage / Serie : Diana Dors in de Rudi Carrell show
Beschrijving : Rudi Carrell en Diana Dors tijdens de repetitie van de show
Annotatie : Diana Dors (1931-1984). Rudi Carrell (1934-2006)
Datum : 19 oktober 1968
Locatie : Hilversum
Trefwoorden : artiesten, televisieprogramma's
Persoonsnaam : Carrell, Rudi, Dors, Diana
Fotograaf : Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo
Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief
Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit)
Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05
Bestanddeelnummer : 921-7797

Reacties Geplaatst door Maaike op 07 mei 2014 - 10:23.

NB. Uitgezonden op 2 november 1968

Date

19 October 1968

Source

http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ab517ec2-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84

Author

Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo

She was also in many TV series, on talk shows, and star of a This Is Your Life programme where she is reuinited with the two sons from an earlier marriage who are living in the USA and have been secretly flown over to meet her on the stage of the show.

Swindon and Steam
If you happen to pass Swindon, in Wiltshire, driving from London to Wales, or a stop on the railway from Paddington, you can visit the steam museum about Brunel and the railway he built. The railway went from London to Wales so people could catch his ship to the USA.





This forlorn passenger waiting on the platform depicted in the Steam Museum does not know about the Diana Dors statue.

The Swindon website has more information and different information from Wikipedia.


Useful Websites
Diana Dors
An extract from the Diano Dors film, Tread Softly Stranger. Alliterative title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbrYKWMrsU

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7466877/Found-dead-50-Troubled-son-film-siren-Diana-Dors-drugs-age-nine.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed#newcomment

Swindon Sights:
https://www.steam-museum.org.uk/
http://swindonmuseumandartgallery.org.uk/

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, speaker.