His memorial looks over Norwich: Who was Ralph Hale Mottram?
Encouraged by the author John Galsworthy who, along with his wife Ada, was a friend of the family, Ralph had been writing ever since he was a lad. When his father retired from the bank in 1902 the family moved to the lofty and leafy suburbs of Bracondale. In his book From the Window Seat he wrote: “The house that mother and Aunt Maria Clark had so well chosen was 21 Bracondale. It cost some £1,200.” He wrote of the wonderful views across the city and beyond from the “sky parlour” built in the house by “old Mr Blake, the builder” who lived there saying: “It was the finest wind...
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