ABSTRACT
In the fall of 1912, as the Frosts entered the recently leased Bungalow on Reynolds Road in Beaconsfield (Buckinghamshire), they had no inkling of the far-reaching outcome of their journey. Robert, with his genial ex-bobby companion from T.P.'s Weekly as a guide, had been forced further and further into the suburbs until, around September 10, 1912, they had reached New Beaconsfield, a forty-minute ride from Marylebone or Paddington stations. Writing for "An Important Year," Irma describes "Our New House," giving us a firsthand glimpse of the family's arrival by train at Beaconsfield station and the walk up the road through the town, stopping for groceries along the way. Built in 1909, the attractive stucco and shingled cottage was leased to the Frosts for twenty dollars per month for one year. Until Robert decided to attend the February 8, 1913, opening of Harold Monro's Poetry Bookshop in London, he seems to have shunned company outside the family.
