On this day in 1973....

• On this day in 1973....
  Posted by PeterGrant on 02 Sep, 2020 14:22
• On this day in 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien died at the age of 81. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the best selling book of the 20th Century, and his influence and legacy lives on in us all.
  
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  Posted by Buc on 02 Sep, 2020 14:41
• Heard of him but not much else . Just shows you what I know as i thought it was J K Rowing.
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  Posted by guest17 on 02 Sep, 2020 14:54
• Quote from: PeterGrant on 02 Sep, 2020 14:22

  On this day in 1973: J.R.R. Tolkien died at the age of 81. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is the best selling book of the 20th Century, and his influence and legacy lives on in us all.
  
  Namárië.
  
  
  

  
  Was he no in the yellow pages adverts with his book Fly Fishing?
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  Posted by Erchie Baird's Bar on 04 Sep, 2020 09:00
• Quote from: Buc on 02 Sep, 2020 14:41

  Heard of him but not much else . Just shows you what I know as i thought it was J K Rowing.
  

  
  You thought JK Rowling wrote Lord of the Rings or you thought the man in the picture was JK Rowling?
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  Posted by Beardy23 on 04 Sep, 2020 10:13
• No, that was Paul Hartley
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  Posted by Buc on 04 Sep, 2020 11:23
• Quote from: Erchiebald on 04 Sep, 2020 09:00

  Quote from: Buc on 02 Sep, 2020 14:41

  Heard of him but not much else . Just shows you what I know as i thought it was J K Rowing.
  

  
  You thought JK Rowling wrote Lord of the Rings or you thought the man in the picture was JK Rowling?
  

  
  
  I thought Rowling wrote Lords of the Rings .
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