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dinner.” The village was like one massive family. Although Little Gidding is just a small village, T.S. Elliott wrote a poem of the village, describing it’s tranquility. It is the final quartet in his poem, ‘Four Quartets’. |
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On Thursday 26th January 2006, Ms Mary Read, visited Great Gidding School, to be interviewed, by a group of children there, doing a project on the small community of Little Gidding. Ms Read lived in little Gidding from1993 till the community |
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collapsed in 1997. These are some of the points that she made: “Anyone was allowed in your house, you never actually had keys to your house.” “Every Friday night they all got together and had |
Ex- Gidding Star Comes To Town
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Story By Hamish Duncan & Ryan Smith |
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The Little Gidding News |
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T.S. Elliott |
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In his poem ‘Four Quartets’, T.S.Elliot describes Little Gidding as peaceful and welcoming, tranquil and quiet. The poem quotes his friendship with Nicholas Ferrar who lived in Little Gidding and their hospitality for King Charles II, who hid up a tree for days hiding from Cromwell and his army. Four Quartets# |
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Little Gidding started off as a community, founded by the Ferrar family who once lived in Ferrar house the heart of the community. The other houses in in the shape of a horse shoe |
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In his poem ‘Four Quartets’, T.S.Elliot describes Little Gidding as peaceful and welcoming, tranquil and quiet. The poem quotes his friendship with Nicholas Ferrar who lived in Little Gidding and their hospitality for King Charles II, who hid up a tree for days hiding from Cromwell and his army. Four Quartets# |