Alice in sunderland by bryan talbot6/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Returning to the North East, he visits the Rectory Gardens where, as a boy, he scavenged in the bushes for Lewis Carroll memorabilia and meets the people determined to claim Carroll for the North-East.Ĭhris Lloyd introduces him to the Cheshire Cat and tells the story of the Jabberwocky’s inspiration, The Sockburn Worm. Like Lewis Carroll, Simon grew up in Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire and went to school in nearby Richmond. The world of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have come to be almost entirely associated with Oxford - but Simon Farnaby (star of BBC TV's Ghosts and Horrible Histories) uncovers Lewis Carroll’s roots in the North East of England. Since the publication of one of the most famous and internationally popular children’s books of all time, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, biographers and amateur enthusiasts have pored over the stories hunting for clues and trying to find the key to unlock the secret puzzles of Wonderland and Lewis Carroll’s life. Not Oxford, nor Llandudno, but Croft-on-Tees. ![]()
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