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J. B. Priestley in his Garden at Alveston. Photograph. 1969 (photographed), 1978 (printed), 1976 (printed) Bill Brandt (1904-83) is the finest British photographer of modern times. He photographed with imagination, compassion and humour. His photographs show us the vivid interactions of social life and the realities of labour and class.
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Mr Priestley’s large, white and splendid house at Alveston, near Stratford-upon-Avon, is called Kissing Tree House. ‘After a kissing tree that fell down many years ago. When I give my address to Englishmen, they look embarrassed and ask me to spell it.
Alveston was the home of the playwright J B Priestley and his wife Jacquetta Hawkes, who lived at Kissing Tree House in the village, in his later years, until his death in 1984. [3] The house was called Avonmore in the 1901 census and his secretary lived in Avonmore Cottage which is still there in Kissing Tree Lane.
J B Priestley (1894-1984) John Boynton Priestley was born at Manningham, Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, Jonathan, was a schoolmaster and his mother, Emma, had worked in one of Bradford’s woollen mills.
Alveston is three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. The playwright J.B. Priestley J.B.Priestley purchased Avonmore House in Alveston, and renamed it Kissing Tree House. 3 articles about Alveston
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John Boynton Priestley OM (/ ˈpriːstli /; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. [1] His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in The Good Companions (1929), which first brought him to wide public notice.
