Monday, August 28, 2006
A century of Betjeman (born 28th August 1906)
• The John Betjeman Society
• biography; life and works; timeline
• 46 of Betjeman's poems (including Slough; Executive; Myfanwy)
• the 19th Poet Laureate; a noted church-crawler
• wrote The Shell Country Guides (1934-1967)
• founded The Victorian Society "for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture"
• buried at St Enodoc Church, Trebetherick, Cornwall
• All of my Metro-land posts on one page
