Travers writes about a nanny that comes to London with the East Wind to work for the Banks family who live in 17 Cherry Tree Lane. In 1934 her book Mary Poppins was published. Barrie and his stories about Peter Pan and so it is no coincidence that her first publisher was Peter Llewyn-Davies, Barrie’s adoptive son, who inspired the famous little boy. In London she mainly concentrated on writing stories. Not long after her mum died she moved to England. Helen wrote articles and acted in small rolls at the local theatre under the stage name Pamela Lyndon Travers, which she kept all her life. Helen had to take over a lot of responsibility for her sisters and to calm them down she would invent stories about a magical nanny that came to care for them like their parents couldn’t. She grew up with an alcoholic father who died when she was seven and a suicidal mother who was not really able to take care of her and her siblings. Despite creating one of the most British books ever Pamela Lyndon Travers was actually not British at all, she was Australian and her birth name was Helen Lyndon Goff. Mary appears in a series of eight books written by P.L. So Charlie, this time I made my way through this fine city to track down the Banks family and their nanny, Mary Poppins. So I went to see my von Trapp-Bundy- Clan over Easter and when I flew back into London family was still very much on my mind and made me think of one famous London family who is also not perfect, but when the East wind blows one day they get a little help to figure things out. And actually loads of other things, but you know what I mean.) (Without the being chased by Nazis bit of course. I guess most families are part von Trapp and part Bundy family. But as annoying as it can be I really do believe that accepting that your mum and dad are people, who are also just trying to make their way through life as well as possible, is an important part of growing up. There is an episode of friends where Rachel has trouble with her mum and dad and says “Why can’t parents just stay parents? Why do they have to become people?” I totally get that.
They are just human and make mistakes they don’t always know the right answer to everything and need help too sometimes. There is this point in every child’s life when you grow up and realize that your parents are in fact not superheroes. I love my parents more than anything and they are great parents, but they are not perfect and that’s ok. When I was younger I always thought I have the best parents in the world, that they’re perfect. I mean just because I wanna kick my sister’s ass sometimes doesn’t mean I don’t love her, you get me. It often comes with as much trouble as it comes with love, but usually the love outweighs the trouble in the end. Family life is never easy though you of all people know that very well. I think family is one of the most important things in life and that you should cherish it if you have one.
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