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December 2005 |
Later Visits
| In 1949, Jennifer saw and photographed the outside of Friars
Lawn when she visited England on her honeymoon. Its exterior,
and the front garden, could be seen to be in a somewhat rundown
condition. The iron gates and railings were gone, having been
confiscated (as were the magnificent railings surrounding Kensington
Gardens and Hyde Park) during the drastic shortage of metal
late in the war. |
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She visited Friars Lawn again in 1976 with her two teenage children,
and found the house and its gardens nicely renovated. Hayley
Mills, the actress, was living there, and kindly showed the
visitors the ground floor and the garden.
Jennifer, always drawn to Friars Lawn, saw and photographed
the outside of the house again in 1980 and 1987, on visits to
England. |
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| Jennifer and her brother Ralph, with their families, made a
special visit to Friars Lawn in 1990, while on a trip to commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the family’s departure from England.
Thanks to the kind hospitality of the owners at that time, John
and Jane Boyer, they saw the entire house and its gardens, and
found them further renovated and improved but still the same
home they remembered so fondly - in excellent condition and
more beautiful than ever. |
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