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Thank you for this lovely story and the pictures. Mrs. Darling befriended me when I was about 10 and I miss her so much after 35 years: the miniatures, her art studio space by the garage, her garden "rooms" and outdoor sculptures, her oak furniture, her Scottie (who died and was succeeded by another Scottie). Her alabaster sculptures were my favorites. I remember helping with an outdoor rehearsal or performance of the treble chorus in the garden. I think she told me she was dyslexic. -Abby

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Thank you for sharing your story, Abby!

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Thank you for the lovely and interesting article about Mrs. Darling. She was a good friend of my mother Alice Harris and my father Edward discovered that we were related through the Jones line (about 4 or 5 generations back, I believe). Mom told me about her miniature furniture which is a passion I also have and am sad that I never got to see Mrs. Darling's collection. I wonder what happened to the collection?

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Thank you for your comment. How nice that your family knew Mrs. Darling. I believe that her miniature collection was given to the Wenham Museum.

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I was a friend an neighbor of Beverly .I would go to here with my kids. And walk around here house.Great lady. And her house keeper.Larry Day

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Thank you for sharing your memory of Beverly. Yes, her long-time housekeeper was Ruthie Brian.

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I knew both Beverly and Bart.Thank you for the article which brought back memories and new knowledge of both of them.

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Thank you for sharing!

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After commuting from Wellesley Hills for 2-3 years to Addison-Wesley Publishing in Reading, where I was a graphic designer, we decided to look for a house in Reading. We looked for close to a year with no success, and finally someone from AW suggested we look in Andover. After inquiring "where was Andover?" I drove up one hot Friday afternoon in June and decided to stop at the first Realtor I came to which was Beverly Darling. The first house she showed me was the one we bought and are still here after 54 years.

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Thank you, Ned. What a great connection and a lucky experience that Beverly helped you find your "forever" home.

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Beverly Darling sold us our property in 1978. She was very helpful. A good business woman. I learned later about her being an artist.

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Thank you. I have heard from so many people who purchased their homes through Beverly Darling.

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Such a nice remembrance. Beverly Darling used to come to Strawberry Hill Farm and became friendly with my mother Alice, also an artist by training. My mother related to me a visit to her home where she was fascinated by the miniature furniture collection. If I remember correctly, her father was a furniture salesman and those were the samples he would show to potential buyers

- Lisa Loosigian

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Thank you for sharing your memories of Beverly. I never met her. From the research I did, it seems like she was a talented and amazing woman.

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