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Author:	P.J. Crook
Title:	Greetings From Friar Park (Henley-On-Thames)
Subtitle:	An Archive Of Postcards Showing The Former Home Of The Beatles' George Harrison
Publisher:	Independently Published
Country:	UK
Date:	4 Jun 2018
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Music, Photography
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9781983075575
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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26 pages. Book dimensions: 21 cms x 0.3 cms x 15.2 cms.

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A collection of old postcards showing the magnificent mansion and family grounds of Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames. Famously the former home of The Beatles' George Harrison, this collection provides an insight into what it may have been like to have lived there.

Friar Park first belonged to Rec. J. Collard and was purchased by Mr. Frank Crisp in 1889. Sir Frank Crisp had most of the original house demolished, re-building it to his own preferred style; French renaissance with great gothic details. Take a look inside this wonderful place...

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JPGR&B SUBS 24th Feb 2020		Review Reviewed on Amazon in Germany by Gerhard Bohrer on 30 June 2018 When I learned about that new publication some days back, I wondered, as this book is precisely the idea, title and content a friend of mine having worked originally on. He obviously shared this book with the person publishing it now, but I don't know the author P.J.Crook nor is he a member of the Friar Fark Fanclub Group on Facebook. For that reason I ordered the paperback to have a look at it. Well, when having this booklet in hand I again wondered, as this is just some kind of only a brochure with its 27 pages. None of the photos is pictured as postcard except for that one on the last page, being half the size of an original postcard. Also, the printing [title and order number] on front of the cards is missing, the format is larger than normal postcard size, and it's mostly cropped pictures. Indeed, what is printed on bottom of the front to identify was cut off and the content is told in a very minimal and mere matter of just one line instead. Quite a bulk of existing postcards are missing - there would have been much more. And the presumption of one shown man perhaps being Mr Frank Crisp is pure imagination as Crisp's girth was similar to that of Mr Alfred Hitchcock. They even had the same sense of humour: Crisp with his numerous innuendoes all over the place, Hitchcock with his cameo appearances in nearly any of his films. The oldest postcard showing the very early days of the mansion and estate is originally printed errously mirrorwise and easily to recognize, but without notification. The layout of the photos and text is bad - this looks just like a children's book. If you buy here a visitor's guide of a castle or any other old building, but containing much more information than this booklet it would've been 3 USD [2,5 UKP/€] to spend - but a price of 12.99 USD [9.99UKP/ 12.83€] for this publication is far too much. If you consider that Friar Park should once have been demolished, then this location deserves much more. George Harrison had the love and spirit and of course the money to prevent this cruelty to the building and instead keep this nice and lovely place for the future and restore buildings and gardens to the beauty they once had in the past. If you want to do something good, you should instead give way to yet another publication by Scott Cardinal. His books on history, archaeology, botany of a location and much and solid information about the building, its builder and inhabitants, culture and more are top and well researched. Shown in a proper layout fitting with the presentation of the photos, these editions of the Cardinals on the Dakota [home of the Lennons], Tittenhurst Park [home of the Lennons, Ringo Starr and Startling Studio] and several publications on Friar Park [home of the Harrisons and George's Friar Park Studio] with this latest published book by the Cardinals of 78 pages and more than 100 photos are a joy for the eye and your mind. All these books are done with love, enthusiasm and knowledge on the subject and with much time invested. Having read them you're in the pure illusion of just having been there in person only a few minutes ago. You can save costs for a journey, as indeed you ARE there, by making yourself and anybody else a pleasure – and buy a book worth the money. You'll get back infos you never had, but always wanted to know about. So just enjoy! ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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