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The following is an extract from letter Tolkien sent to a group of primary school children in Acocks Green: | The following is an extract from letter Tolkien sent to a group of primary school children in Acocks Green: | ||
{{quote|I lived till I was 8 at Sarehole and used to walk to A[cocks] G[reen] to see my uncle. It was all 'country' then ...|J.R.R. Tolkien<ref>Sotheby's, English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations, London, 16 December 2004, p. 274</ref>}} | {{quote|I lived till I was 8 at Sarehole and used to walk to A[cocks] G[reen] to see my uncle. It was all 'country' then ...|J.R.R. Tolkien<ref>''[[Sotheby's English Literature, History, Children's Books, and Illustrations 16 December 2004|Sotheby's, English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations, London, 16 December 2004]]'', p. 274</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 16:32, 18 October 2011
Acocks Green is an area of south Birmingham located two miles north-east of Sarehole (now Hall Green). J.R.R. Tolkien used to walk to this location to see his uncle.
The following is an extract from letter Tolkien sent to a group of primary school children in Acocks Green:
- "I lived till I was 8 at Sarehole and used to walk to A[cocks] G[reen] to see my uncle. It was all 'country' then ..."
- ― J.R.R. Tolkien[1]
