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[[File:Acocks Green.jpg|thumb|right|Vineries Bridge, 1910.]]'''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. | [[File:Acocks Green.jpg|thumb|right|Vineries Bridge, 1910.]]'''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: | The following is an extract from a letter Tolkien sent to a group of primary school children in Acocks Green: | ||
{{ | {{blockquote|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 ...|[[Letter to a Primary School in Acocks Green]]<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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Latest revision as of 21:04, 26 January 2020
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 a 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 ...
—Letter to a Primary School in Acocks Green[1]
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