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YGA01987.pdf
Recording and transcript of an interview with Anne Wivell who attended Sybil’s open days and the evening events that followed; memories of Sybil include when she had her portrait painted.

YGA01986.pdf
Recording and transcript of an interview with Ann Philpott, a frequent visitor to York Gate to buy duck eggs and see the garden

YGA01985.pdf
Recording and transcript of an interview with Ann Fergus. Her father gave Robin a pampas grass cutting. See YGA01709 for a picture of the pampass grass at York Gate

YGA01984.pdf
Recorded Interview with Brenda Bedford, wife of Tony Bedford, Robin’s friend and Sybil’s accountant; attended and hosted dinner parties (audio file and transcript)

YGA01983.pdf
Recording and transcript of an interview with Biddy Marshall, former county organiser for the National Gardens Scheme, who knew Sybil well. She talks about her memories of the garden and amateur dramatic performances held there.

YGA01947 secured.pdf
Extracts from interviews carried out with 36 people who knew the Spencer family, or York Gate Garden during their lifetime.

YGA01878.pdf
An overview of the Arts and Crafts movement and its influence on British garden design. Includes gardens to visit, with an emphasis on the ones favoured by the Spencer family.

YGA01879.pdf
In March 2017, two specialists in garden history and design came to York Gate Garden to talk to volunteers about the ‘Arts and Crafts garden.’ Notes were taken and distributed amongst volunteers in order to enhance their understanding of the Arts and…

YGA01877.pdf
A snapshot of garden design through the ages and a few ideas of places to visit which reflect the variety of British gardens.

YGA01620.pdf
The first of four journals kept by Frederick Spencer covers the period between October 1939 and August 1941.
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