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Miss Rose

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We initially guessed that Miss Rose was a cat but in 2024 Kwok Li corrected us: the plaque commemorates “a loveable little black Pekinese dog, owned by Theodore and Elsie Crombie who lived at number 133 from the early sixties. Little Miss Rose was very much loved and doted on by Elsie Crombie and was fed on steak from Harrods. She lived to a great age although she had a heart problem in her latter years. There were also two other dogs at 133: Adam and Amadeus who were long haired Dachshunds. They were featured on two large tall stone pedestals outside the front door which now seem to have disappeared.

"The inscription was in Latin as the Crombies were very well educated, cultured people ( I guess now you would use the phrase ‘high brow’), they gave me the Peter Rabbit books in Latin which I still have! I am able to provide this information with a very high degree of accuracy as I spent many years as a young boy living with the Crombies at 133 as my mother was their cook and housekeeper.”

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