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Post subject: Name of the Boarding House where Crowley Died
 Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 12:26 AM
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Anyone know the name of the boarding house where Crowley finished out his life in Hastings?
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Post subject: RE: Name of the Boarding House where Crowley Died
Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 12:45 AM
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| Netherwood - there are photographs in the Galleries. |
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Post subject: RE: Name of the Boarding House where Crowley Died
Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 08:49 AM
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And please do not describe it as a "boarding house", which in the UK describes a seedy run-down seaside place with single rooms for travelling salesmen, visiting music hall artists and the like. Netherwood was a converted mansion house that acted as a home for retired gentlefolk. The use of the term "boarding house" by Symonds - and the film of a row of just such seedy places along the seafront at Hastings in the "Masters of Darkness" TV fiasco, are a part of the ongoing campaign to denigrate Crowley and make it seem that he died in squalor, rather than at a rather nice retirement home.
A better view of what Netherwood - and Crowley - were like can probably be seen in Night of the Demon, which was at least inspired by Crowley's life. There the Crowley character can be seen outside a mansion house entertaining children, just as he used to do towards the end.
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Post subject: RE: Name of the Boarding House where Crowley Died
Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 11:27 AM
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yes to what Steve said- that Kenneth Grant was able to rent a cottage in the grounds of Netherwood when he was AC's secretary gives weight to the notion that the place was considerably more than a beach hut.....
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Post subject: RE: Name of the Boarding House where Crowley Died
Posted: Jun 28, 2008 - 03:26 PM
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| Hear Hear! Crowley was much loved at Netherwood, and the place was the very antithisis of a seedy boarding house. Regards. |
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Post subject: RE: Name of the Boarding House where Crowley Died
Posted: Jun 28, 2008 - 03:37 PM
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| It's a common misconception - encouraged by those wishing to malign Crowley. |
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