Plaque text agreed

The Tolkien Society trustees and the Leeds Civic Trust have agreed on a text for the Darnley Road plaque

Recent spot on BBC Radio Leeds

BBC Radio Leeds: Breakfast program
An item on the Darnley Road Blue Plaque from the 28/10/11 (clip is time limited)
Many thanks to the Leeds Book Club!
(The piece is 1hr 48mins into the program)

Funding in Place!

I am pleased to announce that with the promised contributions from The University of Leeds, The Tolkien Society and a number of generous private donations, we have achieved the funding target for financing the plaque.

The plaque should be scheduled for unveiling in 2012, this will be subject to the Leeds Civic Trust's programme for installing such plaques.

Autumnal Update

We're close, very close, to having the funding in place for the commissioning of the plaque.
Thanks to the generous donations of the Tolkien Society and members.

Blue Plaque Progress

21-22/5/11: Middle Earth Weekend @ Sarehole, Birmingham

Leafleting and poster on Tolkien Society stand



3/6/11: Amon Hen 229

'Open Letter' by Ian Spittlehouse to Tolkien Society Members


5/7/11: Response to 'Open Letter'

The response to the open letter in Amon Hen has been generous and encouraging.
Donations have been received by the Tolkien Society toward remaining funds for the Blue Plaque. Much Thanks!

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The first entry on this record of blue plaques marking J.R.R. Tolkien comes from Sarehole (now) in Birmingham. In 1896 Sarehole was a hamlet a mile south of the city. The mill at that time had been modified to meet the demands of an increasingly industrial region. For Tolkien and his young brother it was a place of adventure, both imagined and real, and definitely perilous.




The second is also in Birmingham and commemorates a brief stay at the Plough and Harrow, in Hadley Road. He stayed here with his wife, Edith, 2 months after their wedding before traveling to London and then France to serve in the First World War.







The Leeds plaque would hold this position in the list.


Tolkien wrote 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' while he held his academic posts in Oxford. This plaque, on 20 Northmoor Road most accurately links the authors 'residence', to this work.






The final entry marks Tolkien's retirement when he and his wife enjoyed holidays away from Oxford. They would stay at the Miramar Hotel in Bournemouth.






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