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J.M Barrie

J.M Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, the celebrated Scottish novelist and playwright, whose most famous creation is Peter Pan, came to live in Dumfries at the age of 13. He and his friends played in the riverside garden of Moat Brae House. Their favourite game was pirates and in later years he recalled that this happy time had inspired his play, "Peter Pan, Or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up".


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