안타까운 클래식 피아니스트 비극적 생의 마감 Tragedy of the Car Lady of Chiswick: Celebrated concert pianist who for decades..(VIDEO)

Tragedy of the Car Lady of Chiswick: Celebrated concert pianist who for decades lived in a Ford Consul and makeshift shelter after a man 'broke her heart' is killed by a lorry 



 

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'Car Lady of Chiswick' 불리는 그녀는 지난 화요일 롤리 차량에 치여 사망했다


앤 나이스미스는 원래 영국의 클래식 피아니스트였다. 영국 로열 아카데미를 졸업한 그녀는 1967년에 위그모아에서 리사이틀을 갖기도 했다. 


노숙인으로 또 과거 유명한 클래식 피아니스트로 유명했던 앤 나이스미스는 지난 화요일 그녀 비극적인 인생에 종지부를 찍었다.


1977년 개인적인 어려움 때문에 실의에 빠지며 경제적인 문제까지 겹쳐 그녀의 오랜  노숙생활이 시작됐다. 차가 견인되기 전까지 26년간이나 자신의 포드차에서 잠을 잤으며 이후 노상에서 기거하며 40년을 보냈다. 


런던 경찰은 롤리차량에 사망한 그녀의 사고 목격자를 수소문하고 있다.


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Anne Naysmith, 77, was knocked down and died in Chiswick on Tuesday

Virtuoso musician tipped to be one of the great pianists of her generation

But in 1977 a broken heart and financial problems led to her eviction

For 26 years she lived in her Ford Consul until it was towed by the council

Then made a scrap of land by the Tube her home but it was then cleared

Final years spent sleeping in doorways under protection of community  

Scotland Yard is asking for witnesses who saw her hit by the lorry  

 

By MARTIN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE

A celebrated concert pianist who for 26 years lived in the wreck of a 1950s Ford Consul and later on a scrap of ground by a Tube track has been killed by a lorry in the middle of the night.


Anne Naysmith became known as the 'car lady of Chiswick' after being evicted from her flat in 1977 and for the rest of her life lived rough on the streets around the west London home she missed so badly.


The 77-year-old said her life went into freefall after a man 'broke her heart' but despite her unconventional existence those who knew her said she retained her 'dignity to the end'.


Shops and homes in Chiswick have today been asked to display red roses in their windows in remembrance of her remarkable life.

Extraordinary life: A community is in mourning after Anne Naysmith, who became known as the 'car lady of Chiswick, because she lived in her 1950s Ford Consul, died this week

Extraordinary life: A community is in mourning after Anne Naysmith, who became known as the 'car lady of Chiswick, because she lived in her 1950s Ford Consul, died this week

Scotland Yard is appealing for witnesses after she was knocked down on Chiswick High Road just before 1am on Tuesday, and died at the scene.


 

Neighbours and friends have spoken of their shock at her death, and will be funding her funeral, while lit candles were left on the grassy spot where she had lived for many years.

Tragedy: Musician Anne Naysmith was knocked down and killed by a lorry after living in a car and on a scrap of land in Chiswick for almost 40 years

Tragedy: Musician Anne Naysmith was knocked down and killed by a lorry after living in a car and on a scrap of land in Chiswick for almost 40 years

Betty Furner, who knew her for many years, told the Guardian: 'Sometimes people are held in high esteem because of their job or profession. Some, like Anne, are respected because they are true to themselves. She had dignity, she was her own woman. 

'She was entrenched in who she was and her own intelligence. She didn't ask questions, she had the answers.'

Miss Naysmith was born Anne Smith in 1937 but later added the 'Nay' as her musical career took off.

She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and became renowned for her playing of Beethoven, Bach and Debussy. She later played in symphony concerts under legendary conductor Sir Adrian Boult.

She also once played at the famous Wigmore Hall in central London, and St Martin-in-the-Fields, and was tipped to be one of the greatest pianists of her generation.

She also taught at Trinity College of Music in London. 

But a break-up with a lover and a series of financial catastrophes meant she found herself on the streets and never played piano again.

Aged 39 she began sleeping in her blue Ford Consul in echoes of Miss Shepherd from the Alan Bennett play The Lady in the Van.

But in 2002 some residents in the gentrified area of Chiswick she lived in began to complain about her car being an eyesore.

One wrote to the council to say: 'I know I am speaking for many residents when I say that it is time Miss Smith's car was moved on.

Despite knowing she had nowhere to go she said: 'The fact remains that the car is a health hazard; it is covered in rubbish, she feeds pigeons there and rats have been seen coming from under the car.'

Many responded with one letter in support saying: 'She was here before us and her car is her home. Let us celebrate Miss Smith, not run her out of town.'

But despite protests her car was towed away and crushed.

She then built a shelter in a car park piled high with earth and compost from skips - sprouts fuchsias, geraniums, wallflowers and pansies donated by locals and garden centres were planted.

But it was ripped down by council workers who believed it to be wasteland.

Devastated: Miss Naysmith sits on the scrap of land close to the Tube tracks that she lived on and cared for until transport workers cut her shelter and trees down, which she called 'wicked vandalism'

Devastated: Miss Naysmith sits on the scrap of land close to the Tube tracks that she lived on and cared for until transport workers cut her shelter and trees down, which she called 'wicked vandalism'

Home: For 26 years she lived in this Ford Consul close to the flat she was evicted from but the council towed it away after a minority complained it was an eyesore

Home: For 26 years she lived in this Ford Consul close to the flat she was evicted from but the council towed it away after a minority complained it was an eyesore

Domain: Miss Naysmith was thrown out of her flat in Naysmith Road and lived the rest of her life in the surrounding streets, including land by Stamford Brook Tube Station

Domain: Miss Naysmith was thrown out of her flat in Naysmith Road and lived the rest of her life in the surrounding streets, including land by Stamford Brook Tube Station


After sleeping in doorways she then built her own den close to Stamford Brook Station, and lived quietly there living off scraps of food or fruit from trees. 


Her day began with a wash in public toilets and then cleaning her clothes with a hosepipe at a petrol station. They were wrapped in newspaper to dry.



She spent her mornings wandering among shops picking rubbish from bins to feed herself and the pigeons.

It was said she went to the local magistrates' court to watch court cases, indulging an interest in law held since childhood. 

And once a week she immersed herself in books and scores at Barbican music library - her only concession to her former life, of which she refused to speak.


But in 2012 she was heartbroken when Transport for London workmen pulled down her makeshift shelter by the Tube tracks, claiming they needed to cut back the trees and put up a security fence to keep out vandals. 


She said at the time: 'It's wanton, wicked vandalism. This was a lovely patch of garden. I was doing nobody any harm. It seems that if they don't like the look of something they can just knock it all down. It's a disgrace.'


Since then she slept on the streets, often in the grounds of a local school, but her neighbours always hid her location from the authorities.


The local council had repeatedly offered her a place to live but she always 'politely declined', also turning down the chance to receive a free bus pass and other benefits. 


Police are now trying to piece together what happened on the night she died.

The driver of the lorry that collided with her stopped at the scene, but she could not be saved.


Virtuoso: In her youth Miss Naysmith had played piano at London's Wigmore Hall, pictured, and other grand venues. But her fall on hard times meant she never played again and had refused to talk about it

Virtuoso: In her youth Miss Naysmith had played piano at London's Wigmore Hall, pictured, and other grand venues. But her fall on hard times meant she never played again and had refused to talk about it

Local people have paid tribute to her online.

Chiswick councillor John Todd said: 'She politely declined all offers of help which included housing, getting a freedom bus pass and other matters.

'Why she chose to adopt such a harsh life style is unclear - but she never moaned or criticised. She never sought any form of help either. I saw her all over London.' 

On the ChiswickW4.com community website Charlotte Kasner wrote: 'She was so much a part of Chiswick. Over the years, she gradually told me a little about her life, but I learned never to initiate the conversation or indeed offer her so much as a boiled sweet, although she was always offering to share her tea or snacks'.

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