Thursday, August 04, 2011

Peter Pan House to Become Center for Children's Literature?


That's the hope.

From a story on the BBC...

Author JM Barrie played in the grounds of the building as a child but the property has fallen into disrepair.

The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust is currently raising funds for the upgrade of the building and has secured Joanna Lumley as a patron for its plans.

She said: "I am so thrilled and proud to be here to launch these exciting plans for the future of Moat Brae House and garden.

"There is such wonderful potential to create a fantastic National Centre for Children's Literature.

"I want to help raise the profile of this admirable project so that Peter Pan fans from all over the world can support this wonderful restoration."

The house and garden were in private ownership between 1823 and 1914.

It subsequently became a nursing home which shut in 1997 and fell into disrepair.

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