Where better to begin this blog, than the beginning of the book near Clemmy’s flat in Queen’s Gate Place?
Queensgate is a road in London’s very rich and famous South Kensington. Looking at the picture that you can see just how nice the place is. It really does belong in a place called the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. If you look carefully, you can even see Clemmy’s bus stop, which we took especially so it wasn’t just a picture of the road, but also the beginning of Clemmy’s journey to the mysterious and ‘cuddly’ Mrs Mac.
Many of you have been near Queen’s Gate yourself. If you have ever visited any of the famous London museums like the British Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum you, were just a road or two away.
Before those museums existed, a huge exhibition took place way back in 1851 in a glass building in Hyde Park known as The Crystal Palace and then again in 1854. It was a beautiful place that contained not just artefacts from all over the British Empire, but also had fountains, statues, firework displays, motor racing, and football finals in the gardens of Hyde Park. http://www.crystalpalacemuseum.org.uk/history.html
Crystal Palace stood proudly in Hyde Park until November 1936, when a fire destroyed the whole thing.
To the end of Queens Gate, nearby Kensington Garden, you will find this statue
This is Lord Napier. He was an engineer who spent a lot of time in India, not just working but having to fight in a lot of wars and battles during the 1800s. As well as being Commander in Chief in India from 1870, he was Governer of Gibraltar, and Constable at the Tower of London.
He also worked very hard to deprived and under-privileged people.
If you want to visit Queens Gate and take a look at all the beautiful buildings, your nearest stations are Gloucester Road and South Kensington.
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