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Cary Grant’s humble Bristol roots honoured with blue plaque
Historic England to recognise home where Hollywood legend said he spent ‘happiest days’ of his childhood
The humble West Country beginnings of one of Hollywood’s most glittering stars is being commemorated with the unveiling of a Historic England national blue plaque at his beloved childhood home. Grant had fond memories of the long garden, recalling: “In one section, there was a large patch of grass surrounding a fine old apple tree near which my father lovingly sank strong, high wooden supports for a swing.” Charlotte Crofts, the director of the Cary Comes Home film festival, which runs from 29 November to 1 December, said Grant was often wrongly thought of as being from London, perhaps because of the “dodgy stage cockney accent” he sometimes adopted.
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