Blue plaque for Roald Dahl

On Monday 14th September, at 2.30pm, a Blue Plaque will be unveiled on the site of the Sweetshop frequented by the young Roald Dahl.

The Sweetshop was immortalised as the home of the hideous Mrs Pratchett and scene of the Great Mouse Plot, in his autobiography, Boy. Here the young Dahl and his accomplices hid a dead mouse in a jar of gobstoppers, to scare the creepy confectioner – with terrifying consequences.

The Llandaff Society, Roald’s wife, Liccy and members of the Dahl family will be at 11 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff, where Roald’s son, Theo Dahl, will unveil the plaque commemorating the life, work and birth in Llandaff, of ‘The World’s Number One Storyteller’. Then, excerpts from The Great Mouse Plot will be re-enacted to set the scene, and provide entertainment for the many Roald Dahl fans invited from local schools.

Events will begin at 2.30pm, at 11 High Street, Llandaff, with a news conference, followed by the unveiling ceremony.

For further details, please contact Geoffrey Barton-Greenwood on 029 20 563181

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