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Broadgate Villa, Pilton with the Desborough Family in 1858
This early photograph of 1858 shows the south side of Broadgate Villa in Pilton with fourteen of the family of Henry Desborough who lived there until his death in 1862. Broadgate Villa was built a...
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Blue Plaque for Hector Munro alias Saki
A blue plaque has recently been placed on the wall of Fairfield (formerly part of Broadgate Villa) in Bellaire, Pilton, to commemorate the life of short story writer Hector Hugh Munro, alias Saki, ...
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Obituary in the Westminster Gazette Friday 24th November 1916 : DEATH O...
Our readers have often been amused by reading contributions from the pen of " Saki." We much regret that that pleasure will no more be theirs; for news has just reached this country that he was kil...
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