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Bilbo1967 · 03-25-2010, 04:03 PM

Hey - Spock's singing about me

My Bilbo nickname came from the fact that I used to live in a part of Birmingham in the UK which used to be a village called Sarehole. Tolkien was brought up there and it is said that parts of the area were inspirations for parts of the Lord of the Rings books.

See this article for more info. We lived about 2 minutes walk from the mill mentioned and I used to often take the kids there. They have a Tolkien day there every year which we still always go to.

03-25-2010, 04:03 PM	#408
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Hey - Spock's singing about me My Bilbo nickname came from the fact that I used to live in a part of Birmingham in the UK which used to be a village called Sarehole. Tolkien was brought up there and it is said that parts of the area were inspirations for parts of the Lord of the Rings books. See this article for more info. We lived about 2 minutes walk from the mill mentioned and I used to often take the kids there. They have a Tolkien day there every year which we still always go to.