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Sybil Armitage (later Spencer) with her parents and sisters at Salem Bazaar. Her father and eldest sister Freda standing behind a bench on which her mother is seated, with Eileen (on left in picture) and Sybil (on right)

Postcard picture of Nathaniel Newborn Armitage wtih Mary Jane and their 3 daughters - 'Armitage Family' on back

Birthday card sent by Christine (King) to Sybil. Later the inside and back have been used by Sybil to write the script to a brief talk introducing York Gate Garden to visitors.

Group photograph taken in a churchyard inscribed 'To Auntie Sybil with very much love from Peter & Christine'.
People named on reverse L to R: Bob Scott, Freda Williams, Ted Williams, Joy Scott, Ronald Rusby, Eileen Rusby, Marjorie Williams, Sybil…

Sybil and Workman by the Root House during its construction

A copy of an article about Sybil which appeared in the Yorkshire Evening Post on 22.12.1994 and which was sent to Geoffrey Smith By Chris King.

Fred and Sybil, in evening dress, with another couple. Inscribed on the reverse 'The Chairman and his wife'

Two photographs, overlapping, stuck onto an album page, of Sybil and Fred on holiday

Fred on Emperor, Sybil on Moonshine, in front of York Gate House.
By now the family had made a number of changes to the house and garden. The driveway had been cleared, larger windows had been installed and the link to the neighbouring cottage…

Fred and Sybil Spencer in formal wear, standing on the terrace outside York Gate House.