On This Day 26th March 1959 the American-born novelist of detective fiction, Raymond Thornton Chandler died.
Ray Chandler lived at 35 Mount Nod Road with his mother in a house Ray's Uncle owned.
"The House that the Chandler's moved into was was situated at 35 Mount Nod Road, around 10 mins walk from Streatham Hill station. It was, and still is, a quiet suburban road of stout, squat, red-bricked houses. Some of the houses on the road seem to have been built by men of grand visions and two have ugly turrets attached to them..."
Blue Plaque in Upper Norwood
(Source Tom Williams)
Ray Chandler lived at 35 Mount Nod Road with his mother in a house Ray's Uncle owned.
"The House that the Chandler's moved into was was situated at 35 Mount Nod Road, around 10 mins walk from Streatham Hill station. It was, and still is, a quiet suburban road of stout, squat, red-bricked houses. Some of the houses on the road seem to have been built by men of grand visions and two have ugly turrets attached to them..."
Blue Plaque in Upper Norwood
(Source Tom Williams)
