[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Tolkien

[GulPlum]

At 03:26 15/06/03 , Catlady \(Rita Prince Winston\) wrote:
>--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, GulPlum <hp at p...> wrote:
>
> > (non  pre-ordered) copy at whoever's cheapest and start reading. If
> > it's a warm (and dry!) night, I'll probably plant myself with a
> > bottle of water and a bag of nibbles in the gardens of one of the
> > two towers which inspired JRR Tolkein
> > http://www.jrrtolkien.org.uk/Images%203/twotowers1.jpg
> > http://www.jrrtolkien.org.uk/Images%203/twotowers2.jpg)
>
>Tell me about towers in Birmingham inspiring JRRT.

Is there a question in there? I'm not entirely sure what you mean.

I started writing about the waterworks tower and Perrot's Folly here, but 
in a search for better pictures than the ones I linked to above, I found this:
http://www.birminghamuk.com/BrumFoto/edgbaston/photoalbumT.htm
and then this:
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/trlout_gfx_en/TRA10493.html

There's also a great deal about both towers in the Tourism section of 
the  Birmingham City Council website (http://www.birmingham.gov.uk), but 
their server seems to be down right now - it may be back up by the time 
this message gets through, in which case do a search on "Perrot's Folly".