Back after a few days R&R at Portmeirion in North Wales (see photo). This is, of course, the "Italian" village designed and built by Clough Williams Ellis. I am afraid I am also old enough to remember that this was the location for shooting the cult TV series The Prisoner in 1967 and 1968 and starring the late Patrick McGoohan. One of the things I discovered is that Clough Williams Ellis has links with Oxfordshire, having restored Cornwell in the 1930s. Apparently, in 1931 he was also one of the visiting lecturers at what is now Oxford Brookes University. He also contributed to the development of Stowe School - just over the border in Buckinghamshire.Sunday, 27 February 2011
Portmeirion and Oxfordshire
Back after a few days R&R at Portmeirion in North Wales (see photo). This is, of course, the "Italian" village designed and built by Clough Williams Ellis. I am afraid I am also old enough to remember that this was the location for shooting the cult TV series The Prisoner in 1967 and 1968 and starring the late Patrick McGoohan. One of the things I discovered is that Clough Williams Ellis has links with Oxfordshire, having restored Cornwell in the 1930s. Apparently, in 1931 he was also one of the visiting lecturers at what is now Oxford Brookes University. He also contributed to the development of Stowe School - just over the border in Buckinghamshire.
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