Lizzie's first visit to Kenwood was on Sunday 19th February, 1967, and here are some of the photos from that very day. To begin at the back, garage/sunroom/dining room, above.
Note the bird table/hat, soon to re-appear in the garden:
The front door. What's "interesting" here (no, really) is the paint job.
Regulah "readahs" will recall that the last load o' pics, dated 21st January 1967, revealed the door still in its original state. Pete Shotton, in his memoir, recalls arriving at Kenwood one Saturday night to find John and Terry Doran "spray painting the front of the house in psychedelic day-glo colours", after which he is ushered in to the house and introduced to "Magic" Alex Mardas for the first time.
Thus, the emergence of the Greek "wizard" can be dated to the early part o' 1967 (and it's another example of John's "Winter o' Lovin'" mind-set - spray paint, flying saucers, force fields etc., etc.):
The den/library:
Garage. Note the presence of Cyn's Porsche 911:
Blah:
As far as I know, the current whereabouts of this car are a mystery. I'm also not sure if any photos showing the license plate have surfaced before; hard to make out, but I reckon that reads GAN 7E, registered (as a quick on-line search reveals) between January and July 1967 in West Ham, London.
Anyway, if the car still exists, it should be traceable by someone who can be arsed (ie not me):
Finally, the living room exterior, and the first decent photo of the equally exterior entrance to that room:
These black and white pics are lovely (stuff), but, perhaps appropriately, things are about to get colourful...
Many thanks yet again to Lizzie.
Wonderful stuff. Thanks also to Lizzie. Can't wait for the book!
ReplyDeleteit's always a pleasure to share with the lovely people on this blog! glad also to share that i seem to be finally cured from the pneumonia i caught while in london. may 4th i see paul in belo horizonte - of course, as usual, nobody will let me anywhere near him - i don't even try anymore.
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