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Jul. 18th, 2016 10:29 pmI'm sure I mentioned the visitors who came to see this house, because they'd lived in it as children in the late 1950s/early '60s. One of the changes they noticed was the big shed in the front garden—known as 'the Lion's Cage'. This surprised me—the shed looks 'period' and I'd assumed it was a long-term fixture.
Yesterday, I discovered that the Lion's Cage... probably actually was a lion's cage. Apparently it was bought second-hand from one of the big estates in the county, where the landowners had been the type of acquisitive chap who acquired... exotic animals. There's even a nebulous story that a child was killed by the lion, and the lion was got rid of. And hence also, the cage was got rid of.
So.
Yesterday, I discovered that the Lion's Cage... probably actually was a lion's cage. Apparently it was bought second-hand from one of the big estates in the county, where the landowners had been the type of acquisitive chap who acquired... exotic animals. There's even a nebulous story that a child was killed by the lion, and the lion was got rid of. And hence also, the cage was got rid of.
So.