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http://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2015/ ... enway.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Time-traveling on the Devon coast
Pete, that's a lovely blog. Thank you!pete9012S wrote:http://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2015/ ... enway.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Time-traveling on the Devon coast
I enjoyed this little blog about visiting Greenway,especially the pictures of Agatha's office room and collections of books.
Your library?pete9012S wrote:It's already taken up residence in the smallest room in our house!
http://community.agathachristie.com/dis ... age#latest" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;A CONNECTION BETWEEN AGATHA AND OUR FORMER VICARAGE???
JulietteJuliette Torquay Fan
February 10 in About Christie
Hello! As a keen Christie fans, we were excited to recently purchase a large Victorian villa, Heathcliff House, Newton Road, close to the original site of Ashfield in Barton Road, Torquay, Agatha's childhood home. A photograph of the property can be seen at http://www.heathcliffhouse.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The house has been used as a bed and breakfast for a significant number of years and we continue to ply this trade from the premises. The house is the former vicarage for St Saviour's church which is now the Greek Orthodox Church. We understand from a number of recent returning guests (who told us the same story independently of one another) that there used to be a plaque on the house stating that Agatha Christie used the vicarage as the layout for vicarages in her books. We don't have this plaque but are very interested to know if anyone has any knowledge of this information as it would make a simply wonderful story to share on our website and facebook page! We have had guests staying from afar as Germany, Australia and the USA coming to walk the Christie Mile and visit the blue plaque in Barton Road as well as the beautiful Greenway. Any help with verifying this story would be greatly appreciated!
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http://www.travelthruhistory.com/html/art18.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Agatha was baptised at All Saints Church, Torre, in Devon. Her father, having gifted money to the church, ensured his daughter's entry as a 'founder member'. A short walk from here is the old Vicarage, Newton Road - now the Heathcliff Hotel. Tea at the Vicarage seemed a fairly frequent event for the Miller family, so it's not surprising that Agatha sought advice from family friend, the Reverend Harold Petty on ecclesiastical matters when she was writing The Murder at the Vicarage (1930). St Mary Mead is the fictional location, Colonel Protheroe the ill-fated victim, but Agatha's new sleuth, Miss Marple, ably assists the vicar, Leonard Clement, to solve the mystery.
Want a great place to stay while you explore and discover South Devon? Relax and unwind at Heathcliff House. Located in a central position in Torquay, just 200 metres from Agatha Christie’s birthplace on Barton Road,
Hi Pete,pete9012S wrote:Here's something else that may interest you Chrissie - although as you are such a keen Agatha Christie fan, you may already know about it?
Hello! As a keen Christie fans, we were excited to recently purchase a large Victorian villa, Heathcliff House, Newton Road, close to the original site of Ashfield in Barton Road, Torquay, Agatha's childhood home. A photograph of the property can be seen at http://www.heathcliffhouse.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
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As they left the bar, they were accosted by a small boy of about nine years old.
He burst immediately into excited speech. “I say, are you the detectives? I’m Peter Carmody. It was my grandfather, Mr. Jefferson, who rang up the police about Ruby.
Are you from Scotland Yard? You don’t mind my speaking to you, do you?”
Colonel Melchett looked as though he were about to return a short answer, but Superintendent Harper intervened.
He spoke benignly and heartily. “That’s all right, my son. Naturally interests you, I expect?”
“You bet it does. Do you like detective stories? I do. I read them all, and I’ve got autographs from Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie and Dickson Carr and H. C. Bailey. Will the murder be in the papers?”
“It’ll be in the papers all right,” said Superintendent Harper grimly.
“You see, I’m going back to school next week and I shall tell them all that I knew her—really knew her well.”
“What did you think of her, eh?” Peter considered. “Well, I didn’t like her much. I think she was rather a stupid sort of girl.
Agatha Christie. The Body in the Library
Herbert Adams (1874-1958)
The Golf House Murder - English title: John Brand's Will, 1933.
A non-Bennion. A month after the black sheep relatives of a wealthy man moves in with him, he has changed his will, leaving all to them and cutting out his beloved goddaughter. And then he dies. The family solicitor suspects skullduggery and sets out to solve the case. Nice picture of life among the country house set.