Fao Annabel Good afternoon. The wall that springs to mind is the side wall of what used to be “The Shell House”, Cambridge Road ,East Cowes http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallery/album301/Untitled_Scanned_60 The whole house and garden were at one time covered with pictures and models covered in shells, but now is reduced to just the side wall of the house, which is cleary visible from the road. Could this be the one? In the meantime, I will search for other possibilties. Regards Steve
The young Freddy in 1852, when looking for shells on the beach, had his bucket of shells kicked at by another boy. Freddy kicked back, not knowing that the other boy was prince Albert Edward, the son of Queen Victoria.
The queen, having heard of the incident, praised Freddy because of his aplomb to defend his shells and awarded him with some money. The story goes on saying that this incident might be at the origin of mr Attrill’s creative effort.
