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The design, by Fred Spencer, for the stone seat known as "Mother's Tomb", accompanied by a handwritten note 'This is the first garden ornament I designed - I think in the mid 50s. It was the year of the Leeds Music Festival Centenary [1958] as the…

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David Overend Yorkshire Post article 'People'; YG Open Day for Action Research. The Article is illustrated by a photograph of Sybil seated on the Apple Tree Seat and describe the 'new' Root House.

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Old Orchard with Pond and Griffin Stone Sink, Mother's Tomb seat and Copper beech hedge. Folly in the background

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Chinese Lion by the front door with terracotta pots planted with lilies, daisies and geraniums

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Bride and Groom seated under the apple tree in the Old Orchard, York Gate Garden

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Sybil standing in the Orchard, a man on either side, and a woman, almost completely obscured, behind her.

Sybil enjoyed showing visitors around the garden in her later years. She also liked to have seats around the garden where she could rest. The…

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Dog in Kitchen Garden walking towards the Teak and Cane Seat with Potting Shed to right and open white gate on pillar to left

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Cleaning the orchard pond

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Young man seated at a table in front of York gate House. Flowering plant in a pot on the table and several containers of plants to the left

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Sybil having tea in the Summerhouse during a Heydays group reading of Twelfth Night
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