A Map of Peterswood
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
Let's not forget that Peterswood, like St. Mary Mead, in an imaginary village. Enid may have based parts of Peterswood on Bourne End, but not all of it I would imagine. She probably used her artistic licence to move buildings around and roads etc. So it is all imaginary.
So in my opinion, an imaginary map is the way to go. Not one from 1940's Bourne End.
So in my opinion, an imaginary map is the way to go. Not one from 1940's Bourne End.
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
Thanks, Julie. I'll start working on a map from my own imagination, then.
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
Farwa, for what they're worth, here are my suggestions.
You could start with a modern map of the Bourne End streets. Later on, if you manage to access an old 6-inches-to-1-mile Ordnance Survey map of the area, you could check:
The basic layout of the Bourne End streets sketched, it should be easier for you to guess which street EB may be referring to in a particular passage in one of her FFO books.
The one building that you can fairly confidently mark on your map is the actual police station-cum-house of that earlier time.
Working out where to pencil in the various houses and other buildings will be a lot tougher, and you might even need to do a quick sketch map for each of the books. A sketch-map based on one particular book would also be much easier for people to evaluate.
Walking the streets that were there in the author's time would give you a good idea of the place as it was.
Happy hunting!
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You could start with a modern map of the Bourne End streets. Later on, if you manage to access an old 6-inches-to-1-mile Ordnance Survey map of the area, you could check:
- 1) for any changes in street names since EB's time;
2) for any new streets since the earlier map.
The basic layout of the Bourne End streets sketched, it should be easier for you to guess which street EB may be referring to in a particular passage in one of her FFO books.
The one building that you can fairly confidently mark on your map is the actual police station-cum-house of that earlier time.
Working out where to pencil in the various houses and other buildings will be a lot tougher, and you might even need to do a quick sketch map for each of the books. A sketch-map based on one particular book would also be much easier for people to evaluate.
Walking the streets that were there in the author's time would give you a good idea of the place as it was.
Happy hunting!
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
That's a lovely map, Pete. I have it in several non-fiction books on Miss Marple, but I think mine are in black & white. Great job to post it in this thread!!!pete9012S wrote:I hope one day it would be possible that we have a map of Peterswood like this one of Miss Marple's St Mary Mead ....
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
Thank you Chrissie!
Farwa,reading through Duncan's excellent article may help stimulate your imagination for your map..
http://www.enidblyton.me.uk/styled-9/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Farwa,reading through Duncan's excellent article may help stimulate your imagination for your map..
http://www.enidblyton.me.uk/styled-9/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
Thanks, Aurélien and Pete! I'll make the map soon!
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
I'll have to see if I can dig mine out... no idea where it is at the moment!
Re: A Map of Peterswood
The layout of Peterswood is firmly planted in my mind as I imagine it is with many of us. All will be different, so I can't really see much point in designing one - except for one's own amusement, of course.
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
What comes into your mind when you think of a map of Peterswood?
What should our budding cartographer Farwa include on her map?
Lets list the things that should definitely not be missed out of anyone's imaginary map!!
The dairy -
What should our budding cartographer Farwa include on her map?
Lets list the things that should definitely not be missed out of anyone's imaginary map!!
The dairy -
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
- The dairy
- The White House where Fatty, Buster and his parents live
- Goon's Police Station
- Christmas Hill aka Winter Hill (which exists)
- The location from the house in the woods from "Mystery of the Hidden House"
- The house from "Mystery of the Secret Room"
- Tally-Ho Cottage by the Thames River
- The White House where Fatty, Buster and his parents live
- Goon's Police Station
- Christmas Hill aka Winter Hill (which exists)
- The location from the house in the woods from "Mystery of the Hidden House"
- The house from "Mystery of the Secret Room"
- Tally-Ho Cottage by the Thames River
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- The dairy
- The White House where Fatty, Buster and his parents live
- Goon's Police Station
- Christmas Hill aka Winter Hill (which exists)
- The location from the house in the woods from "Mystery of the Hidden House"
- The house from "Mystery of the Secret Room"
- Tally-Ho Cottage by the Thames River
- The River and boathouse
- The White House where Fatty, Buster and his parents live
- Goon's Police Station
- Christmas Hill aka Winter Hill (which exists)
- The location from the house in the woods from "Mystery of the Hidden House"
- The house from "Mystery of the Secret Room"
- Tally-Ho Cottage by the Thames River
- The River and boathouse
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
I love maps too! Thank you for posting St. Mary Mead map, Pete! This is my first time seeing it.
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It's the first time I've seen that map too. Thanks Pete.
I love maps too! My friends thought I was odd when I was a teen because I used to study maps of Europe and the USA for ages. Then after years of marriage my husband admitted the same.
I love maps too! My friends thought I was odd when I was a teen because I used to study maps of Europe and the USA for ages. Then after years of marriage my husband admitted the same.
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Re: A Map of Peterswood
Hi deepeabee,
I'm a big fan of old maps and recently printed out two very different maps from Paris from the early and mid 17th century. I plan to put them all together, get a very large Poster frame and then hang the collage on our hallway wall.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chron ... arlesV.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If you click on the up arrow (left upper corner) you can even see an image of the Bastille:
http://www.oldmapsofparis.com/map/1615" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm a big fan of old maps and recently printed out two very different maps from Paris from the early and mid 17th century. I plan to put them all together, get a very large Poster frame and then hang the collage on our hallway wall.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chron ... arlesV.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If you click on the up arrow (left upper corner) you can even see an image of the Bastille:
http://www.oldmapsofparis.com/map/1615" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I used to study world maps and memorise capital cities of all the countries when I was a teenager. I spent hours looking at atlas book( I still keep the book and it is rather tatty now).
Thank you Chrissie for the links.
Thank you Chrissie for the links.