GK Chesterton’s Birthday today!!!
Have a beer or ale today and toast a great Brother and say a prayer for his soul!!!
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Oh my goodness!!! That is awesome! It is on my list to make a pilgrimage across the pond to see his gravesite and see his house in Beaconsfield. I know a few years back they were talking about tearing it down? That would be a great injustice!!! Thank you for that link.
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@Billy F I think that would be highly unlikely. A friend of mine used to live in Beaconsfield and he took me to see the house outside (which is privately owned) and the grave. I would have thought the house would be a listed building (which means it cannot be demolished). It has a blue plaque outside (awarded to places of historical interest). I'll ask him and see what I can find out. P.S. GK's …More
@Billy F I think that would be highly unlikely. A friend of mine used to live in Beaconsfield and he took me to see the house outside (which is privately owned) and the grave. I would have thought the house would be a listed building (which means it cannot be demolished). It has a blue plaque outside (awarded to places of historical interest). I'll ask him and see what I can find out. P.S. GK's death was on 14th June 1936 at Beaconsfield.
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@Billy F I drive past his old house virtually every Sunday - this is from a non-Catholic website, but shows his house and grave Visiting the Home and Grave of G. K. Chesterton