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==February==
==February==
* '''17''' - [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien]], younger brother to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born in [[Bloemfontein]], South Africa.
* '''17''' - [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien]], younger brother to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born in [[Bloemfontein]], South Africa.
==October==
* '''18''' - [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]], childhood friend of Tolkien, is born.


==November==
==November==

Revision as of 18:58, 22 January 2008

February

October

November

  • Mabel, Hilary, and Ronald take a train to the coast near Cape Town so Ronald can be in the cooler air.
  • After they return home a trip to England is decided as Mabel dislikes the hot climate and the Bloemfontein lifestyle, even though Arthur is happy with it.

Christmas

  • "My first Christmas memory is of blazing sun, drawn curtains and a drooping eucalyptus" (Tolkien, letter to W.H. Auden, 7 June 1955, Letters, pg. 213)
Years
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