tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post3100433986811258621..comments2024-03-28T07:24:02.781+00:00Comments on Faded London: The Literary 'Ghost Door' of TootingYelfyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151975456880168482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-24313699658863749802011-12-08T14:35:04.501+00:002011-12-08T14:35:04.501+00:00great idea!great idea!cheap mulberry bagshttp://cheapmulberrybagssale.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-91941866059139377892010-12-18T16:47:01.759+00:002010-12-18T16:47:01.759+00:00It has long been rumoured that Daniel Defoe lived ...It has long been rumoured that Daniel Defoe lived in Tooting, although no one seems to have any proof of that:<br />http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43038<br /><br />You can see more about this on the Tooting Local History Group facebook page but in the meantime, here's an extract:<br />" 1a) after which famous mariner is Selkirk Road named? <br /><br />Answer – Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721), marooned from 1704 to 1709 on an island in the Juan Fernandez Group in the Pacific Ocean, and the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.<br /><br />1b) what (if anything) is that mariner's connection with Tooting?<br /><br />Answer – there is a persistent local legend, repeatedly debunked, that Daniel Defoe lived in Tooting. There is not a scrap of evidence to support the assertion that Defoe ever had any significant connection with Tooting."<br /><br />Amazingly, I live on Longley Road and have walked past this nearly every day for over a decade and never noticed the potential Robinson Crusoe connection. I had always assumed that the corner doorway implied that it was once a local shop.The Divine Mrs Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140449401907299412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-3130301697103835482010-04-02T22:01:08.264+01:002010-04-02T22:01:08.264+01:00What a fantastic idea for a blog. I've lived ...What a fantastic idea for a blog. I've lived in London all my life and love all the higgledy piggledy things you find, all over the place. This is such a great idea! Love it.JACQUIhttp://www.upliftantidote.co.uk/wordpress/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-72395943469750788312010-04-02T17:37:28.418+01:002010-04-02T17:37:28.418+01:00It is a good theory, but the man on the left wears...It is a good theory, but the man on the left wears a bird head-dress and I can't remember Crusoe doing that. <br /><br />They might represent Africa and the Americas, because the bird-headress could be a reference to pre-Columbian costumes. If so, I'd expect there to have been another doorway with Asia and Europe.<br /><br />Very good find, and excellent website by the way. Thank you!Mirandolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564041681062140669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-34516644329294119012010-03-29T07:23:23.334+01:002010-03-29T07:23:23.334+01:00I too am intrigued by "ghost doorways" a...I too am intrigued by "ghost doorways" and their companions, "ghost windows". It is fun working out how they would have been used and why they have been turned into ghosts.<br /><br />The one you describe is a fine example and I congratulate you on your disentangling of the associated references.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com