21-22/5/11: Middle Earth Weekend @ Sarehole, Birmingham
Leafleting and poster on Tolkien Society stand
3/6/11: Amon Hen 229
'Open Letter' by Ian Spittlehouse to Tolkien Society Members
5/7/11: Response to 'Open Letter'
The response to the open letter in Amon Hen has been generous and encouraging.
Donations have been received by the Tolkien Society toward remaining funds for the Blue Plaque. Much Thanks!
J.R.R. Tolkien CBE held his first full academic position as Reader in English Language at Leeds in 1920. His academic career in Leeds was short, only 5 years, but when he left to take up the Rawlinson and Bosworth Chair of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, he was already a Professor of English. During his time in Leeds he collaborated on a new edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and in 1924 Tolkien and his growing family moved to 2 Darnley Road, West Park.