The Liddell family in the Hermitage, 1920s–1960s
Professor & Mrs Edward G.T. Liddell moved into the Hermitage at 69 Old High Street in 1924, and remained there for the rest of their lives: Mrs Liddell was still there in the 1980s. They probably took this picture of the house in the mid-1920s.
The Hermitage
The back garden in the 1930s
The back garden of the Hermitage during the Second World War,
when it was dug up to grow vegetables. The Liddell family also kept hens
John Liddell by the back door of the Hermitage in 1928
Professor & Mrs Liddell in 1975, on the occasion of
Mrs Liddell’s 80th birthday, at their daughter’s house in Surrey
The Hermitage in the snow
The Liddell family outside the front gate in Old High Street in the 1930s, with their Humber car
John Liddell in his sandpit at the front of the Hermitage in 1929