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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) moved to The New Rectory (now Shaw's Corner) at Ayot Saint Lawrence in 1906 and the above extracts come from his last completed work. He took all the photographs himself and wrote the rhymes shortly before his last illness. He left Shaw's Corner to the National Trust and it is open to the public.
George Bernard Shaw's House
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< This postcard "The Chucker Out" shows George Bernard Shaw at Shaw's Corner shortly before his death.
His house became the property of the National Trust and became a place of pilgrimage, as this "The Bernard Shaw Special" ticket shows. |
Rhyming Picture Guide to
Ayot Saint Lawrence
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Pass on; and with delight behold Our Abbey Church, five centuries old
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Here Ayot Cottage you may witness And marvel at its names unfitness For cottagers can not afford In such a style to bed and board |
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This hall The Manor House is called,
Edward the Sixth its lord installed. No lord can now afford to dwell there And guarantee the building's welfare |
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