It's a public street, there are car parks not too far from Garden lodge, you can literally park around the corner and visit the famous wall.
YOu can no longer park 15 cars along the road and block traffic.
emrabt
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jrd1951
A lot of hate for Mary here.She was obviously very special to Freddie otherwise he wouldn't have left her the house and his recording publishing(she was the secretary of Goose productions).I have met her a few times casually walking past the house and she politely smiled and said hello.She was there at the very beginning when they had nothing,did his make up and looked after his affairs.I hope the movie portrays this,And I doubt very much that Mary looks at 'Facebook' or would have any interest in it.Freddie would certainly not.Must be tough for her in that house,can't imagine her having any 'Raves' in there anytime soon,but look like it has been beautifully kept,who would want a film crew in there?
Star*
Oh poor Mary she must have it tough in that mansion poor flower. Thousands are homeless and there she is struggling in a rock legends house.
My heart bleeds (not)
My heart bleeds (not)
emrabt
Cecil Rea had the bloody house built, the absolute rich victorian bastard, painting his works of art while jack the ripper was running wild!
queenUSA
“Oh poor Mary she must have it tough in that mansion poor flower. Thousands are homeless and there she is struggling in a rock legends house.
My heart bleeds (not)”
I get the snarky humor. But this is the location where Freddie lived and died. Down the hall in that house. That can’t be insignificant to step around and live with. How do you redecorate around an event so crushing as that? An easy stay it is not. Also her marriage failed in that house, can’t be easy for her ex to be in Freddie’s shadow night and day and be reminded of what they were to one another for many years. Would anyone want to be compared to Freddie Mercury on a daily basis? At any rate, 50 years after his death the ownership of the house reverts back to the estate. She might be in her 90’s then if still around. Kind of late in life to move.
My heart bleeds (not)”
I get the snarky humor. But this is the location where Freddie lived and died. Down the hall in that house. That can’t be insignificant to step around and live with. How do you redecorate around an event so crushing as that? An easy stay it is not. Also her marriage failed in that house, can’t be easy for her ex to be in Freddie’s shadow night and day and be reminded of what they were to one another for many years. Would anyone want to be compared to Freddie Mercury on a daily basis? At any rate, 50 years after his death the ownership of the house reverts back to the estate. She might be in her 90’s then if still around. Kind of late in life to move.
queenUSA
“Oh poor Mary she must have it tough in that mansion poor flower. Thousands are homeless and there she is struggling in a rock legends house.
My heart bleeds (not)”
I get the snarky humor. But this is the location where Freddie lived and died. Down the hall in that house. That can’t be insignificant to step around and live with. How do you redecorate around an event so crushing as that? An easy stay it is not. Also her marriage failed in that house, can’t be easy for her ex to be in Freddie’s shadow night and day and be reminded of what they were to one another for many years. Would anyone want to be compared to Freddie Mercury on a daily basis? At any rate, 50 years after his death the ownership of the house reverts back to the estate. She might be in her 90’s then if still around. Kind of late in life to move.
My heart bleeds (not)”
I get the snarky humor. But this is the location where Freddie lived and died. Down the hall in that house. That can’t be insignificant to step around and live with. How do you redecorate around an event so crushing as that? An easy stay it is not. Also her marriage failed in that house, can’t be easy for her ex to be in Freddie’s shadow night and day and be reminded of what they were to one another for many years. Would anyone want to be compared to Freddie Mercury on a daily basis? At any rate, 50 years after his death the ownership of the house reverts back to the estate. She might be in her 90’s then if still around. Kind of late in life to move.
Star*
queenUSA : Mary does not have to live in that house she can sell it and move on, she still wants the limelight and make money still because it was Freddie's house.
She was not slow making money when she had all the magazine deals and had photographers in the mansion like OK Magazine and the rest of them, so i cannot see any difference with a film crew
borrowing the mansion to shoot a few scenes.
She does things to suit herself, if her bank account gets low she will be wanting publicity sooner or later. She was not slow either telling people on footage and magazines about the time she realised
Freddie was a "gay" as she crudely put it. To me i think she was a money grabber and she fooled Freddie for many many years.
She was not slow making money when she had all the magazine deals and had photographers in the mansion like OK Magazine and the rest of them, so i cannot see any difference with a film crew
borrowing the mansion to shoot a few scenes.
She does things to suit herself, if her bank account gets low she will be wanting publicity sooner or later. She was not slow either telling people on footage and magazines about the time she realised
Freddie was a "gay" as she crudely put it. To me i think she was a money grabber and she fooled Freddie for many many years.
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]
queenUSA : Mary does not have to live in that house she can sell it and move on, she still wants the limelight and make money still because it was Freddie's house.
She was not slow making money when she had all the magazine deals and had photographers in the mansion like OK Magazine and the rest of them, so i cannot see any difference with a film crew
borrowing the mansion to shoot a few scenes.
She does things to suit herself, if her bank account gets low she will be wanting publicity sooner or later. She was not slow either telling people on footage and magazines about the time she realised
Freddie was a "gay" as she crudely put it. To me i think she was a money grabber and she fooled Freddie for many many years.[/QUOTE]
queenUSA : Mary does not have to live in that house she can sell it and move on, she still wants the limelight and make money still because it was Freddie's house.
She was not slow making money when she had all the magazine deals and had photographers in the mansion like OK Magazine and the rest of them, so i cannot see any difference with a film crew
borrowing the mansion to shoot a few scenes.
She does things to suit herself, if her bank account gets low she will be wanting publicity sooner or later. She was not slow either telling people on footage and magazines about the time she realised
Freddie was a "gay" as she crudely put it. To me i think she was a money grabber and she fooled Freddie for many many years.[/QUOTE]
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]happystar wrote:[/b]
Oh poor Mary she must have it tough in that mansion poor flower. Thousands are homeless and there she is struggling in a rock legends house.
My heart bleeds (not)[/QUOTE]
Quick start a petition to solve London's homeless problem by making Mary Austin leave Freddie's former home!
What about all the other people who own large lavish properties in London, chuck them out too...
What an idiot, you didn't have that view when Freddie lived there, did you?
Since you brought the subject up, it could be argued that Freddie didn't care about the homeless, he lived in that property and then gave it to his best friend. Had he had a conscience he could have done what David Gilmour did a few years ago, he owned a large London property, but rather than sell it he walked into the Crises homeless charity head office and signed the property over to them. He didn't seek any publicity, he just did it.
What I'm saying is that it's up to people what they do with their possessions, freddie was in the best place to know who he wanted his home to end up with.
Oh poor Mary she must have it tough in that mansion poor flower. Thousands are homeless and there she is struggling in a rock legends house.
My heart bleeds (not)[/QUOTE]
Quick start a petition to solve London's homeless problem by making Mary Austin leave Freddie's former home!
What about all the other people who own large lavish properties in London, chuck them out too...
What an idiot, you didn't have that view when Freddie lived there, did you?
Since you brought the subject up, it could be argued that Freddie didn't care about the homeless, he lived in that property and then gave it to his best friend. Had he had a conscience he could have done what David Gilmour did a few years ago, he owned a large London property, but rather than sell it he walked into the Crises homeless charity head office and signed the property over to them. He didn't seek any publicity, he just did it.
What I'm saying is that it's up to people what they do with their possessions, freddie was in the best place to know who he wanted his home to end up with.
Star*
VH Listen i said that comment because (queenUSA) said Mary has it hard living at Garden Lodge. i was been sarcastic like you do.
Read before you spout off.
Read before you spout off.
Star*
Vh Freddie was a very ill man, he may have made the wrong decisions, and i think Jim Hutton deserved more respect than what he got and Mary treated him unfair.
When Freddie was alive the homeless figures in this country were no where as massive as they are now, so that is a case for not arguing over that one.
When Freddie was alive the homeless figures in this country were no where as massive as they are now, so that is a case for not arguing over that one.
emrabt
You mean around 40 years ago, when homelessness and 'cardboard cities' were so bad in Britian the Homeless Persons Act was brought in to try and free up houses?
about two years before Freddie bought Garden Lodge....
about two years before Freddie bought Garden Lodge....
Star*
Emrabt: Dont know what your trying to prove here but Freddie was such a generous man always giving and supporting good causes, he was not that nasty man you seem to crow on about so give the man some respect his dead and move on.
Have some decency man.
Have some decency man.
emrabt
I'm trying to prove nothing, I’ve simply been correcting your inaccuracies with factual information and alternatively suggesting other points of view based on those facts.
When you pluck a random made up bit of information out of the air, i will correct you or support you based on basic factual information.
As stated above you are the all knowing go to guy when it comes to Freddie, you'd know exactly what he was like, having met and lived with the man for many years, so i am not going to correct your assessment of him, the same way i've not argued or 'corrected' your feeling about Mary.
These are called opinions, and you are allowed to have them, just like i can have mine and many other people can have theirs.
You can think what you like, but don't expect to sprout nonsense and not be corrected on the subject.
When you pluck a random made up bit of information out of the air, i will correct you or support you based on basic factual information.
As stated above you are the all knowing go to guy when it comes to Freddie, you'd know exactly what he was like, having met and lived with the man for many years, so i am not going to correct your assessment of him, the same way i've not argued or 'corrected' your feeling about Mary.
These are called opinions, and you are allowed to have them, just like i can have mine and many other people can have theirs.
You can think what you like, but don't expect to sprout nonsense and not be corrected on the subject.
Thistle
emrabt, it looks like he's sabotaged k-m's thread :(