JMBarrie
JMBarrie => Davies Family => Topic started by: ecb on July 08, 2009, 07:26:22 PM
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When I visited London in 1984, I made a point of heading over to Kensington to view Peter Pan connected places in Kensington Gardens and also to check out if 23 Camden Hill Square was still there - which I am happy to say it was (and apparently still is) .
From what I understand, Jack's daughter Jane had a flat at that same address in the 1950s - she lived there with her daughter Henrietta. And Nico lived next door at 22 Camden Hill Square during the late 1930s and until his daughter was married in the early 1950s. 22 Camden Hill Square was apparently damaged during bombing in the war (I read that in Nico's letters to Mary Hodgson - which are great by the way). Was 23 also hit?
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No, 23 survived the war, shaken but still standing. If you type in "campden hill square" in the database, there's a 1907 floor-plan by the estate agents through whom Sylvia bought 23.
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Oh I wanna visit! It would be so great to go there and Kensington Gardens! Stupid lack of money! heh