Hope Under Dinmore, Hampton Court c.1955
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This beautiful house dates from the early 15th century. Since 1996 the gardens have been beautifully restored and are now open to the public, as is a conservatory now used as a tea-room, which was built by Joseph Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Palace.
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Memories of Hope under Dinmore, Hampton Court c1955
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Hope Under Dinmore, Hampton Court c.1955
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My father went to work at Hampton Court as a gardener's boy when he left school at the age of 14 in 1917. By then, it was in use as a convalescent hospital for soldiers. I remember my father saying that he had to put little leather boots on the pony's hooves to mow the lawns with the horse-drawn mower, and that one of his jobs was to wash the leaves of indoor plants with milk. Many of my ancestors came ...see more
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