tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post8047863493757702146..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Agatha's Greatest Mystery Happened HereLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-63955880243787596742012-11-16T06:22:24.923-05:002012-11-16T06:22:24.923-05:00Visit or stay at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate, ...Visit or stay at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate, which is an absolute delight. This is where Agatha stayed when she left her home after her husband broke the news of his affair. It is also where some of the scenes from the film, referred to by Keith, were also shot. Harrogate is also a great place to visit. The museum here mentions Agatha also. As an 'English' site, why are there so many Americanisms in these posts. We live in England, keep the English language English, unless the posts are from Americans. Agatha would be horrified by these Americanisms particularly when used by English people. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-72504231803354584282012-08-31T04:22:25.310-04:002012-08-31T04:22:25.310-04:00Rusty, thanks for your information about the diffe...<br />Rusty, thanks for your information about the difference between Scotswood and Styles. I'm interested in the exact address of Styles. Is it Charters Road? And what is the house number? Hope to hear.<br /><br />Peter ErdbrinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-14311076023559971462009-03-11T11:48:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:48:00.000-04:00Oh, and the picture is definitely Scotswood, which...Oh, and the picture is definitely Scotswood, which is where I live. We are about 1 mile from the station in Sunningdale. Styles is much closer to both the station and Sunningdale Golf Club, and the house is built in a similar style with red brick, white stucco and black timber, though I couldn't find a picture. Any further queries, please feel free to write to rusty.warner@live.co.uk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-48737958079881187562009-03-11T11:09:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:09:00.000-04:00Sorry to disappoint, but I'm afraid this article i...Sorry to disappoint, but I'm afraid this article is a bit inaccurate. I am fortunate enough to live in one of the 7 flats at Scotswood, which is indeed a beautiful property. Agatha Christie lived here in the 1920s in 1 of the 4 flats of that time. Her mother lived in one of the other flats. However, the Christie's moved from Scotswood when they bought Styles, which is the house around the corner from the car dealership and close by the grocery store, which is Waitrose (not Sainsbury's). The house was not called Styles until after they bought it, as they named it for her first successful book. It was from Styles that Agatha disappeared to Harrogate. I believe Styles is also now a collection of flats instead of a single house. Scotswood itself now has 2 flats for sale, and the house has not been a single residence since 1919.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-13339693959643591372009-03-06T08:59:00.000-05:002009-03-06T08:59:00.000-05:00I've always loved this "mystery".I've heard that s...I've always loved this "mystery".I've heard that story.We could have such an awesome writer's retreat.. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-22900261060024165262009-03-05T12:19:00.000-05:002009-03-05T12:19:00.000-05:00I wish someone would move to protect this house. T...I wish someone would move to protect this house. They demolished Ashfield, where Agatha was born, which is *really* a crime. Worse, they put up a not-very-attractive housing development in its place.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-59676149089615154572009-03-05T10:00:00.000-05:002009-03-05T10:00:00.000-05:00Sue Ann, remind me never to cross you, okay? What ...Sue Ann, remind me never to cross you, okay? What divine justice that would have been, socking old Teresa Neele with the bill!Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-83078959043610442462009-03-05T09:59:00.000-05:002009-03-05T09:59:00.000-05:00Jess, I lived in Sunningdale from 2001-2002, twelv...Jess, I lived in Sunningdale from 2001-2002, twelve months. I've been back about six times. I was always a Christie fan, but I never knew about Scotswood until this week. Believe it or not, that house has NO markers, at least not visible from the street, and no one ever said anything about its history. I decided to write about the opening of Greenway, and I knew Christie had left from Sunningdale, so I googled around, and when I saw the real estate advert for the house with the address, I nearly fell off my chair. I had to check out a map to be sure I wasn't dreaming. I distinctly recall having to almost get up on the curb there by the house because it's a half-a-block from a car dealership and the street was burgeoning with cars and I couldn't get through!Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-46642859280389860542009-03-04T20:34:00.000-05:002009-03-04T20:34:00.000-05:00I've always loved this "mystery" about Dame Agatha...I've always loved this "mystery" about Dame Agatha. The only thing that would be better than using the mistress' name would be sending the bill for all her beauty treatments to her husband.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-48774521279478564962009-03-04T12:35:00.000-05:002009-03-04T12:35:00.000-05:00Very mysterious and exciting post, Joanna! I've he...Very mysterious and exciting post, Joanna! I've heard that story but not told so well. <BR/><BR/>So, why were you in Sunningdale? When was this? Were you a fan of Christie then?<BR/><BR/>You're so cosmopolitan!Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-87625169203795528402009-03-04T11:54:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:54:00.000-05:00Hey, the exchange rate is awesome and so are the a...Hey, the exchange rate is awesome and so are the airfares to the UK. Even the hotel rooms in London are now reasonable.Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-41598016321083356152009-03-04T11:42:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:42:00.000-05:00Love this place! Let's all go in on it together. W...Love this place! Let's all go in on it together. We could have such an awesome writer's retreat!jbstanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839153589205692508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-7698183944870985572009-03-04T09:24:00.000-05:002009-03-04T09:24:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link, Keith.G.M., her family suppor...Thanks for the link, Keith.<BR/><BR/>G.M., her family supported the idea she had temporary amnesia, but let's face it--she did go where she said she was going, and still somehow she managed to set up good old Archie so he was thought to be her murderer. (Takes a bit of the glow off the weekend boffing his girlfriend, eh?) And in a way, Archie did murder her, I'm sure, because I bet he killed off a big hunk of her self-esteem.<BR/><BR/>Interesting enough, Teresa Neele's name would probably have been "lost" to history had Dame Agatha not fictionalized the woman in her alias.Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-68912054348428998442009-03-04T08:34:00.000-05:002009-03-04T08:34:00.000-05:00I thought it had to be unintentional that the Agat...I thought it had to be unintentional that the Agathas were announced on the same day Greenway opened to the public, but I loved the coincidence. I plan to visit Greenway this summer and will have many, many photos for the blog if so.<BR/><BR/>In Agatha's autobiography, she never really touches on what happened during her disappearance (nor, of course, was this very private woman obligated to tell us all). But her husband's timing of his demand for a divorce seems to have contributed to sending her into a fugue state...she had just finished burying her mother and closing up her childhood home by herself. If there was a little conscious revenge in her use of Teresa Neele's name to register at the hotel...well, as Joanna indicates, who would blame her for that?G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-84256358836165050262009-03-03T23:44:00.000-05:002009-03-03T23:44:00.000-05:00A fun movie with Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman,...A fun movie with Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman, and Timothy Dalton was made about Dame Agatha's disappearance. See http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078736/Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.com