Chimnitz, St Boniface Gardens, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Marx spent months at the end of his life in 1882 and 1883 in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. The area has not changed so much since he lived there and the house he stayed in, 1 St Boniface Gdns, which is in central Ventnor, has a plaque to mark his stay. Just six years later Churchill was in the town and the veteran Chartist George Julian Harney also visited. People came because of the temperate climate and the beneficial impact on their health particularly in the winter months.
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