

"It was a special time... and a special place...."
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.
Tom Long

Thomas Long (Adult)

Doris Schuster
Melody Long

Aunt Gwen Kitson

Uncle Alan Kitson

Harriet Long
Alice Long

Peter Long
Mrs Willows

Susan the Maid
Mr Ferguson
Mrs Bartholomew

Abel

Hubert
James (12 years)

Hatty (12 years)

Aunt Melbourne

Youngest Hatty
James (20 years)

Hatty (Young Woman)

Barty

Tower Keeper

Mr Batsford
