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Nico reminiscing about Barrie’s "manservant" Harry Brown, a guided tour through Adelphi Terrace, and an amusing story about Harry Brown and Maggie Barrie’s son, the chess champion Willie Winter. Not for the scatalogically faint-hearted...

Nico on Frank Thurston (Barrie's butler)

Sebastian Earl on Michael's lack of girl-friends at Oxford being "perfectly normal".

Gerrie on Peter and Vera Willoughby - "she had a daughter who was older than Peter"

Barrie making a speech at the unveiling of Thomas Hardy's statue in Dorchester, 2 September 1931: "Well ladies and gentlemen, you mustn’t make any noise, or the weather will find out that something untoward has happened. When the child Hardy was born, the

Nico talks about Mary Rose's island - "the closest thing to my heart." (The database includes a number of photos I took of the island in 1976 - on Loch Voshimid in the Outer Hebrides. Just search for "mary rose")

Nico talks about visiting Mary Hodgson's family in Morecambe, her brother Tom introduced him to music hall - Mary Hodgson's horror

Peter Pan was revived annually from 1905 until World War 2, when the blitz was deemed too dangerous a risk for young audiences (most of whom had been evacuated). In order to fill the gap, Jean Forbes-Robertson consented to record her 1929 performance.

Gerrie discussing gossip surrounding Barrie and the boys.

Nico talking about "The Lost Boys" scripts (I must have been out of earshot) ...

Nico cautioning a vist to Gerrie Llewelyn Davies

Norma Douglas-Henry remembering Michael's death

Gerrie's reaction to Mary Hodgson's note, "Either you leave or I do" ...

Nico’s classic story about Barrie giving the rights of "Peter Pan" to Great Ormond Street Hospital. According to the Hospital, parts of it should be taken with a large pinch of salt.

Nico gives a guided tour through Barrie's Adelphi Terrace top-floor flat