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Aunt T & her Pot Pourri…

Posted on 08/08/2015 by The Garden History Blog

She may look a bit like Lady Bracknell or Charlie’s Aunt but she wasn’t really  like that in real life.  Maria Theresa  Villiers may have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth but she seems to have been happier … Continue reading →

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That’s the wonder of Woolies….

Posted on 01/08/2015 by The Garden History Blog

I’m taking a quick holiday from writing and instead, today’s post is largely based, with his permission, on some webpages originally written by Paul Seaton who runs a website about the history of Woolworths, called http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk. All the photos unless … Continue reading →

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Moving the ‘bastard’ orange trees …

Posted on 25/07/2015 by The Garden History Blog

And no I’m not being rude just for the sake of it! As I said in a recent post I’ve been doing some research over the past few years into the gardening interests of the Hatton family  who were prominent royalists … Continue reading →

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Guano…

Posted on 18/07/2015 by The Garden History Blog

It’s hard to imagine the British Government getting excited about bird droppings. But in mid-19thc Britain it certainly did.  Of course ministers didn’t sit around discussing anything quite so vulgar as  bird poo but they did spend time talking seriously about  ways of increasing … Continue reading →

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Night Soil and other euphemisms…

Posted on 11/07/2015 by The Garden History Blog

We generally  think of the Victorians as very proper and respectable,  when even the  the legs of the piano were covered up,  and no risqué or unpleasant subjects were ever raised in polite society. So  it was a bit of a shock to … Continue reading →

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