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Our friends Rupert and Elizabeth Crawshay-Williams had found a house, Plas Penrhyn, that they thought would make a pleasant holiday house for us and the children. It was small and unpretentious, but had a delightful garden and little orchard and a number of fine beech trees. Above all, it had a most lovely view, south to the sea, west to Portmadoc and the Caernarvon hills, and north up the valley of the Glaslyn to Snowdon ... We rented it as soon as possible. Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.3The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.3
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I am reposting an article I posted a long time ago, with a revised translation and comments.
In December 1952, at the age of 80, Russell married Edith Finch. The following year, he purchased a four-story house in the suburbs of London and allowed his eldest son John - who was then unemployed - and his family to use the first and second floors. However, before long, John developed a mental illness (believed to have been schizophrenia), and by the end of 1953, John and his wife, feeling utterly exhausted from caring for their children, left the house after having Christmas dinner with Russell and Edith, taking the leftover food but leaving behind their three children (Russell's grandchildren). As a result, Russell and Edith had no choice but to take care of the children themselves.
Since Russell had always wanted to spend his later years in the countryside, in 1955, at the age of 83, he purchased a house in North Wales called "Plas Penrhyn," which had been found for him by a friend, and moved there.
The attached photographs were taken in the summer of 1972 by the late Professor Makino (then a professor at Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics): one shows Plas Penrhyn from the garden side, and the other captures the view northwest toward Portmadog from the garden. In accordance with Professor Makino's will, the negatives, along with his collection of Russell-related books, were inherited by Matsushita and donated to Waseda University in 1983. They have since been preserved in the Faculty of Education's Library for Faculty Members as the Russell Library.
These photos clearly show the magnificent view from the house. When I visited in the summer of 1980, I took similar photos myself, but unfortunately, the weather was unfavorable, and the results were not very satisfactory.
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