C S Lewis Centenary Group
The C S Lewis Trail in Belfast and North Down
LITTLE LEA was built by Albert Lewis in 1905 for his family. The house then stood in open countryside on the city outskirts.
The new house seemed more like a city to young Jack. He would write that the house - with its long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, indoor silences, attics and gurgling noises through cisterns and pipes - was almost a major character in his life's story.
For a few years, Jack enjoyed childhood bliss. Warnie and he would walk or cycle together (see Holywood). In the attic they wrote imaginative stories for each other. Jack had his 'Animal land' and Warnie had his 'India'.
The Lewis Family at Little Lea
[Photo courtesy of the Marion E. Wade Centre]
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Jack's mother, Flora was a brilliant woman who took a first-class degree in mathematics. Jack loved her deeply. Sadly, in 1908, Flora was diagnosed as having cancer. She died within a few months. Jack was just 9 years old.
Flora Lewis
[Photo courtesy of the Marion E. Wade Centre]
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