The copper gin still in the gardens of Harlow Museum was once part of the nearby Gilbey gin distillery. All roads seem to lead back to John Huston’s “The African Queen” based on CS Forester’s novel which has Humphrey Bogart’s Charlie Allnutt form a great relationship with gin, albeit Gordon’s, until Katherine Hepburn’s Rose Sayer pours it into the river …
The African Queen
We had a meeting at Harlow Museum, part of Science Alive and Harlow’s Time Machine, this morning. The museum is sited among beautifully kept walled gardens, and always has really well-thought out exhibits. As you walk in to the welcoming entrance there sits a beautiful plant, The African Queen, or more commonly known as the Parrot Plant. And who could …