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Original Text (Annotation: EPW005402 / 1361447)
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HIGHFIELD ROAD......THERE IS A BLUE PLAQUE ON No 4 (THE HIGHFIELD NURSERY & PRESCHOOL) STATING THAT JRR TOLKIEN USED TO LIVE THERE ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, AFTER THEIR MOTHER HAD DIED OF TYPE 1 DIABETES. THEY USED TO WORSHIP AT THE ORATORY AND JRR TOLKIEN ATTENDED ST PHILIPS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1902-3 (1900-2 AND 1903-11 ATTENDED KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL,(PRESUMABLY THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, FIVE WAYS)) BUT WORSHIPPED AND WAS AN ALTAR BOY 1902-11....THE LOCAL LANDMARKS OF 'PERROTT'S FOLLY' AND THE 'EDGBASTON WATERWORKS CHIMNEY TOWER' ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE INSPIRATION OF 'THE TWIN TOWERS' IN HIS BOOKS. '
