Prodigal Wife found this beautiful photo of Rye at PublicDomainePictures.net, and it made me grin like a happy giraffe! At the end of the street is Lamb House, once the home of E.F. Benson (and Henry James before him)—better known as Mallards to millions of Mapp and Lucia fans like myself. Looking up at the conservatory, I so easily imagine Lucia spying on her neighbors from her music room. And one of the lovely cottages on the right must be George's home, before he became Lucia's husband (in name only, of course). Perhaps the one with the charming pink roses?
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6 comments:
I have fond memories of Rye, a pub, those cobblestones and a delightful b and b.
Those pictures bring back all of those great memories!
OBVIOUSLY the one with pink roses! I love it! A happy giraffe, indeed.
Can I tell you how thrilled I was to find another Lucia-phile in the world?! We're a rare breed, anymore...
Thanks for the great picture. I'm a happy giraffe, now, too....
This seems like a lovely place to visit. I'll have to add it to my list! :)
Mary Jane--there are more of us than you might imagine! Seek and you shall find, I promise you!
Have you seen the wonderful Mapp and Lucia series from the mid-80s with Geraldine McEwan and Prunella Scales? It is perfection!
Hello! I really love reading your articles, even though a lot of them are short. You seem to have a knack of drawing readers with your gift of gab. Perhaps you can troop down to Ambleside and stay at one the Ambleside hotels down there. You'll find that you're trip is worth the drive once you get on a mountain trak or a lake cruise in the area. Such a beautiful place.
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