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"Hi Jo,  I am doing a multi-media project on Vivienne Eliot and Northumberland House and would really like to build in some local memories / connections into the script.  Would you be happy for me to include your entry of Dec 29 2017?…"
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"Hi John,  Many thanks.  Your description of the 'great gates' is the first memory we will hear in the live show audio.  Of course, I can get someone to record your online entry but I wonder if you might consider us meeting…"
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"Hi Nick, thanks for the link. Yes, the horizontal tail seems to be more common than I would have imagined.  But your interpretation of it is so convincing!  A kind of urban myth that will make a very good sound recording...   I tried…"
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"Hope this works... https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/the-lions-tail/ The Percy family's straight-tailed lion appears all over the place - our particular tail being the one-off deliberately offensive gesture looks really…"
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"Hi Nick,  Many thanks for your reply.  Do let me know if you find out anything interesting about that tail?!  There's definitely a story there...    I will transcribe the recording from the Fair and send you a copy with…"
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"Hi Geoff, I am contacting members who have shared memories/stories of Northumberland House Mental Hospital, as I would very much like to include these recollections in a show about Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot.  I wondered whether in the course of…"
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"Hello Donna.  It's a fascinating project.  Though I would be pleased to contribute in any way I can, I have little to offer apart from fuzzy childhood memories of a big house behind closed gates. A year or two ago there was a TV…"
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Hi Everyone!  Thanks for confirming my membership to the site.  I have been reading your community posts about Northumberland House Mental Hospital and there are so many wonderful memories and stories here.    

I am a Canterbury-based artist working on a live show about Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot and her final years at Northumberland House hospital (scheduled for October 2022 at Bruce Castle Museum).  

I will be working with Bruce Castle Museum at its Local History Fair on May 14th 2022, where we hope to collect memories/stories/soundbites about Northumberland House and other hospitals in the borough.  These soundbites will contribute to the Museum's permanent archive and will also be embedded into the live show.

I would love to hear from anyone who might want to chat about their memories of the hospital, either via email or Zoom.  I can be contacted at: d.m.fitzgerald2008@outlook.com

Hugh very kindly granted me access to his photograph archive of Northumberland House in the early phases of this project.  I have uploaded a reworked image, below.

Best wishes.

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At 18:29 on July 7, 2022, John Shulver said…

Hello Donna...........real sorry but I won't be able to arrange a meet up with you.        I moved out of London back in 72.  I hope this isn't a great disappointment but I wish you the very best with your show.     Will there be some sort of "transcript" available ?    Best wishes.......

At 17:20 on June 24, 2022, John Shulver said…

Donna, real sorry but I have only just seen your request. (24/6 !?).    Of course you can use whatever you wish.   Wish you all the very best in your research and presentation.

At 12:06 on May 30, 2022, Nick McKie said…

Hope this works...

https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/the-lions-tail/

The Percy family's straight-tailed lion appears all over the place - our particular tail being the one-off deliberately offensive gesture looks really unlikely, but it's a lovely Harringay myth - sad to think it fairy tale.

At 13:35 on May 26, 2022, Nick McKie said…

Hi Donna.  Can't contribute anything beyond remembering the lion and his tail - I now realise he was clearly visible from upper deck of the bus travelling west to Manor House - and you were just a pavement width away.  Lived off Green Lanes 1942 - 1946.  Pretty busy at the mo but will find time for fun/improbable Googling about the long straight tail and its being meant as a disrespectful gesture to someone in Town. regards, Nick

At 12:09 on April 28, 2022, Geraldine said…

Hello Donna.  It's a fascinating project.  Though I would be pleased to contribute in any way I can, I have little to offer apart from fuzzy childhood memories of a big house behind closed gates.

A year or two ago there was a TV documentary on T S Eliot with much about Vivienne.  I thought it was BBC4 but can't find it online.  It might have been this one on Sky.  Anyway, I am sure you will not have missed it.

https://www.sky.com/watch/title/programme/40a3ad26-6849-4ef8-b900-96593dd3b238/ts-eliot-the-search-for-happiness

All the best for your programme.  Do keep HOL online updated and thanks for writing.

 
 
 

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