Hands up, who was a member of the Famous Five Club?

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Moonraker wrote:Long gone, sadly, number 6. :cry:
What a shame. If only we could reach back into the past & retrieve such items! I'd loved to have seen the letter. :cry:
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Anita Bensoussane wrote:Thanks for photographing the items, Number 6. I don't think I'd seen notepaper with the Darrell Waters Ltd. address before - Lee House, London Wall. I've just looked up Lee House and it was a large, drab tower block which was demolished in 1986 - to be replaced by more tower blocks!
Yes, it certainly was drab & uninspiring, Anita. I had the misfortune to walk past the building when I was 12, whilst visiting London with my parents. Imagine my disappointment when I arrived & first set eyes on the place! I imagined a grand building. Of course there wasn't the Internet to look up such things like this, so I didn't know what to expect! :(

What you probably couldn't make out on info sheet I posted, were the directors names. Gillian Baverstock & Imogen Smallwood were two of them!
I've still got other info sheets from the F5 club with Darrell Waters Ltd head note on them, inc the 1978 F5 cast birthdays. I never threw things away when I was kid! :D
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I knew of Gillian and Imogen's involvement but you're right that I wasn't able to make out their names on the information sheet.

I can just imagine your disappointment on seeing the building, Number 6. As a child I'd have expected Lee House to be a mansion like the ones in some of Enid Blyton's books!
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me too! I would have imagined a large building with Georgian windows and plenty of ivy growing over it!
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I agree with both Anita & Rob. Something grander & more fitting with a traditional building was I imagined it, too. But alas, my imagination always ran away with itself...as was usually the case! :D
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How can you find a picture of it in the Internet? I am just very curious to see it. :)
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I imagine Anita just googled Lee house London Wall. I think it was one of three office tower blocks, if my memory serves me correctly. I may be wrong, as it was so long ago! The last time I saw the place was in 1979 on a visit to London. I haven't seen a photo of it prior to its demolition in the 80's, so it would be interesting to see one just to remind me of how ugly the building really was! :?
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Yes, I Googled "Lee House London Wall" and found a photo on architecture.com. This was Lee House:

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Thanks Anita. I also Googled it and saw that photo, but wasn't sure if that was the original building or the replacement! :-D
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Thanks Anita! It doesn't look at all pleasant, does it? It looks like the building I saw many years ago, so I guess this is the original Lee House that was a major disappointment to me. As I said before, it was a very long time ago. :cry:
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I really didn't imagine the building like that! But I guess it looks fine, although not at all Blytonesque. Thanks Anita. :D
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