Thursday, March 08, 2007

Tolkien's Oxford

On the way home from Prague I stopped over in Oxford for a day. This was my Tolkien pilgramage! I visited many of the places where Tolkien lived and taught in Oxford. Below are four houses that Tolkien lived in.

99 Holywell Street (1950-1953)

5 Manor Road (1947-1950)

50 St. John's Street

21 Merton Street (1971-1973)

This is the pathway behind C.S. Lewis' college called Addison's Walk, where Tolkien sought to convince Lewis to become a Christian, which he did the next morning.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Doug,
Looks like you had fun. It is great to see the roots of some of this century writers. Too bad they haev passed on, it would be interesting to hear theor thought today.