The Future of Garden Lodge

TyphoonTip wrote: Zebonka12 wrote: Has anyone got any photos of Freddie from 1991?
....from inside the Lodge.

roflrofl *groan*

brENsKi wrote:

freddie left the house to mary. therefore it's hers. it's not mecca, or bethlehem, or lourdes, or any other pilgrimage site....it's somewhere that a rock star USED to live...he doesn't anymore, mary lives there.....

i couldnt give a fuck what she does with it...her's to do as she pleases....

indeed you have a point.  While it would be amazing to see where Freddie lived, at the same time, i'd rather listen to his music, and Graceland freaks me out a bit.  I haven't been there, but its just really weird.
and yeah, its Mary's home...
(guess i just backpedaled a bit, and i do think it would be kinda cool if it was, but its not something i'd just be waiting to see it happen.  Plus then, what about Brian's house, Roger's house and (haha) John's house eventually.  i mean they can't all be saved for posterity, and tourists traipsing around the place might just cheapen it, no matter how tastefully it was handled.)

If Brian had tourists coming through his house (assuming he would still be alive and living in the house), there would probably be the occasional post on his soapbox complaining about it.

Donna13 wrote: If Brian had tourists coming through his house (assuming he would still be alive and living in the house), there would probably be the occasional post on his soapbox complaining about it.

occasional?  LOL
*that's why i said eventually.  I mean every famous person can't have their house turned into a museum.

I don't think tourists would be a huge step for Brian. I hear Anita comes through sometimes, and realistically if she's not going to use her bedroom it may as well be a gift shop. :P

freddiefan91 wrote: I suspect it was more Jim Beech's doing in serving notice to the staff at Garden Lodge, as he was Freddies executor, Mary may not have had anything to do with it at all

you cant always take the word of people who have left they are bound to be bitter and angry about it
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Jim Beech wanted Peter, Jim, and Joe out of Garden Lodge, too.  Again, Freddie would have been pissed.

Mary hated Joe, per Jim and Peter.  She wanted them all out.  Jim and Joe were banished to the Logan Mews 
by Jim Beech before their 3 month time limit to stay at Garden Lodge was up.

The combination of Peter, Jim, and Joe were with Freddie 24/7 during the final stages of his disease.  Mary wasn't.
How the three of them were treated by Mary and Jim is sickening.

I look at it this way.  Garden Lodge gave the three of them enjoyment when Freddie was alive.  Garden Lodge became
a prison after his death.  Mary got what she deserved; she became a prisoner behind those high stone walls.  She's
reminded of Freddie 24/7.  Joe, Jim, and Peter were able to go on with their lives.

Logan mews was hardly a slum and Peter Freestone had been living there for a while before freddie died anyway and Mary has said before that she was around a lot when Freddie was sick

Also Freddie bought Joe a house before he died so that he would have somewhere to live

Theres always two sides to everything and just because one side does not talk does not mean you have to believe the side that does

We are all entitled to believe whatever we like really i guess

From all I've read, I'd have to agree with jpf on this one - unfortunately, because I wish things had ended differently (for all of them).

i can't believe any of the complete sh*t i am reading on here...let's establish some facts:

1. Mary was Freddie's first true love....she was closer to him than any of his supposed "companions" for 20yrs....
2. Freddie left Mary garden lodge - i cannot believe for one second that someone who loved freddie as mary did would not honour his last wishes...which must mean he gave the lodge to her unconditionally....cos you dont give someone a house with sitting tenants...that's not a gift...it's a fucking headache
3. as alreayd said...freddie's "companions" were well looked after - in the cases where Freddie wishes to look after them...anyone else, - well he obviously didnt care that much about them
4. whose name is on the title deeds? Mary's
5. if people really want a pilgrimage...go to fuckign montreux........there's a landmark there

finally, i will defend Mary to the hilt...because NONE of you supposed "Freddie fans" can be bothered to repsect or defend the one woman he truly cared about enough to leave her property worth millions.......surely THAT says it all.....

tell you one thing...the bitching about mary on here.....if you knew anything about Freddie it's that  would not have put up with it one bit

subject closed

I agree, Freddie trusted Mary more than anybody and as brenski says the other people in the house were well taken care of

"NONE of you supposed "Freddie fans" can be bothered to repsect or defend the one woman he truly cared about enough to leave her property worth millions"

Herp a derp a tittly tumpa derp.  Respect is earned; so what if Freddie liked her?  Why should anyone follow the inklings of a dead man?  She was Freddie's friend, not mine.  Personally, I'm indifferent to her.  Couldn't give two fucks.

No, I don't respect her.  But that's just me.  I don't think Mary is losing any sleep over it though...

i really do hope she drops a "little boy" or "fan man" on the lodge
will stop the apologists complaining that they have nowhere to go to respect freddie

cos lets face it...NONE of us respected him...we didnt' FUCKING know him...we liked his music...that's it

brENsKi wrote:
cos lets face it...NONE of us respected him...we didnt' FUCKING know him...we liked his music...that's it

....and his moustache.

"we didnt' FUCKING know him...we liked his music...that's it"

Now, you're making sense!