Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Pilgrims Wood Childrens Home

A Memory of Guildford.

Around the late 50's/early 60's I was at Pilgrims Wood with my two sisters, Patricia and Mary. It is and will always be a lasting memory of both our arrival and our departure. We came from a loving but dysfunctional family that grew in size each year with additional children. We had never known structure and order within our lives and found even the smallest thing so very daunting and frightening. Although hungry, we were unable to eat. We had never eaten beetroot or cheese, rice pudding that 1st night at the large tea table seated between the resident children. To this day I am unable to eat beetroot or any milk puddings. I had my first birthday cake (a small tennis racket brooch on top) which I kept for many years.. although unable to remember how old I was.. will never forget that day.

Added 13 November 2012

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