Neighbours of the great-nephew of Newport poet WH Davies have launched a campaign to save his last home. The author of the poem Leisure lived in Glendower, an 18th Century cottage in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Owner Norman Phillips, 77, is facing a five-figure sum for essential repairs and hasn't been able to live in the property for the last seven years. Stroud District Council says it may step in and take possession of the property if the work isn't carried out. What is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? Leisure, by WH Davies Born in the Pill district of Newport in 1871, William Henry Davies was a teenager shoplifter who left Britain in his early twenties to...
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