The Rothschilds transformed Tring. They provided employment, housing and improved the social welfare of residents, and their once-eccentric presence still encompasses the town. The mansion is now an Arts Educational School, but their legacy can be seen everywhere from buildings such as the old Rose...
Purchased by her father in 1857, Orchard House was the childhood home of celebrated author Louisa May Alcott and her precocious sisters—the inspiration for her most famous work, "Little Women." It's currently a museum celebrating all things Alcott. The location of the 17th-century farmhouse wa...
She also played the saintly Beth in a screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" and appeared in "Jane Eyre" and "The Secret Garden." O'Brien made a graceful transition from child start to adult actress, continuing to work well into her 80s. 1945: Peggy Ann Garner Film Fa...