Beatrix Potter Blog » Pictorial Tour http://beatrix-potter.your-collection.com/blog Beatrix Potter Information and Fun Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:13:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 London Calling: Brompton Cemetery http://beatrix-potter.your-collection.com/blog/london-calling-brompton-cemetery http://beatrix-potter.your-collection.com/blog/london-calling-brompton-cemetery#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:20:23 +0000 admin http://beatrix-potter.your-collection.com/blog/london-calling-brompton-cemetery
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A pictorial tour of Brompton Victorian Cemetery in Chelsea, London- set to the music of Radiohead. It has featured in a number of films, including The Wisdom of Crocodiles Crush and “Johnny English.” Beatrix Potter who lived in The Boltons nearby, took the names of many of her animal characters from tombstones in the cemetery and it is said that Mr McGregor’s walled garden was based on the colonnades. Names on headstones included Mr Nutkins, Mr McGregor, a Tod (with that unusual single ‘d …

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