People Share Some Wonderful Memories
We often get links and pieces sent to us via our site and we appreciate every single one of them. They all add to our archives and enrich our living history. Such was the case last week when this wonderful piece popped up in my mails, though sadly no e-mail address with it to thank the sender. Below is what I received as it was written. I have added a couple of photos for those who are too young to remember it as it was or maybe like myself need something to jogs zee leettle grey cells as Poirot was fond of reciting. *** 'William Craven & The...
Discovering Images of Radipole Gardens Lost Past
Some might think that an odd title seeing as the gardens were only created during the 1930's, but if you're fan of good old Tony Robinson and Time Team, you'll know that sometimes it's easier to research, read and know more about centuries ago than it is our more recent history! Radipole park and gardens were created during the 1930's, a period between two World Wars, also a period of austerity and high unemployment. Schemes had been set up by the government of the day to enable councils to take advantage of cheap rate loans to employ many of those men and women who were unable...
Are Our Green Spaces and Community Buildings Safe?
Might be a slightly contentious post on what aims to be a gardens related site, but it's one that I personally, and if you love your local parks and gardens maybe we all, should feel very concerned about. (Here comes the disclaimer bit! These views are purely the author's own, they do not mean to be political but mere observations and genuine concerns on what we could be and in some cases, are already losing. It's not written with any intentions to stirring up a hornet's nest, purely to make people aware that we must treasure what we have and if needs be, fight to...