Exhibition - Tolkien's Boyhood in Birmingham - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-21-2006, 07:40 AM

The Birmingham Library recently showed an exhibition on Tolkien's boyhood there. It is currently being shown in the Library in Frankfurt, Germany, which is a partner city to Birmingham. For more information, check out this site: Tolkien Boyhood Exhibition and the linked pages there.

Estelyn Telcontar · 11-26-2006, 01:53 PM

TORn has some photos from the exhibition here.

Bêthberry · 11-26-2006, 09:17 PM

I read this thread and the link one day when I had no time to post. I like the postcards that are available.

This kind of reminiscent exhibition seems very elven to me. Do you think it is something which would have made Tolkien happy? Now, that question assumes we can say with some degree of sureness who or what we think Tolkien thought.

Also, who does this exhibit reach out to? Local people, to inspire them about Brum's past? to suggest something about Brum's current state and future? Or to tourists, literary tourists?

11-21-2006, 07:40 AM	#1
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Exhibition - Tolkien's Boyhood in Birmingham The Birmingham Library recently showed an exhibition on Tolkien's boyhood there. It is currently being shown in the Library in Frankfurt, Germany, which is a partner city to Birmingham. For more information, check out this site: Tolkien Boyhood Exhibition and the linked pages there. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

11-26-2006, 01:53 PM	#2
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	TORn has some photos from the exhibition here. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

11-26-2006, 09:17 PM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 5,996	who, who? I read this thread and the link one day when I had no time to post. I like the postcards that are available. This kind of reminiscent exhibition seems very elven to me. Do you think it is something which would have made Tolkien happy? Now, that question assumes we can say with some degree of sureness who or what we think Tolkien thought. Also, who does this exhibit reach out to? Local people, to inspire them about Brum's past? to suggest something about Brum's current state and future? Or to tourists, literary tourists? __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.