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.
Archie Leach may have transformed into that epitome of well-heeled sophistication, Cary Grant, but he never forgot the old apple tree and his father’s vegetable garden at 50 Berkeley Road in Bristol.
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