Caroline and Bill have both been pondering the Deptford origins of P.C. Wren, author of the oft-filmed French Foreign Legion adventure story, Beau Geste (1924). Apparently he was born Percy Wren at 37 Warwick Street, Deptford in 1875.
After he married his first wife Alice, they lived for a while in New Cross at 27 Ommaney Road. Bill mentions that the 1901 census has them living htere with their month old daughter Estelle Lenore (who later died aged 9).
Baker Street's posters from the past
-
Baker Street Station is one of the oldest on London's Underground. It was
one of the seven stations on the first line, the Metropolitan, which opened
in ...
3 hours ago
No comments:
Post a Comment