Gardening Revolution

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

702

Date Released

6 Jun 1968

Date recorded

13 May 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

678

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gardening Revolution
2. 2Rescue Tank

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The latest revolution to shake London has nothing to do with teenage trends. It’s as fuddy-duddy (or swinging, whichever way you look at it) as green fingers. Gardening. An immaculate fifty-five acre garden centre has been grafted on to parkland in the grounds of Syon House, the Duke of Northumberland’s stately home at Brentford. Kew Gardens is just across the river but Syon has its own long-standing reputation - horticultural and historical. But now this garden means big business. It’s taken three years - and half a million pounds - to complete, a horticultural supermarket, the biggest allotment there’s ever been. Napoleon once said we were a nation of shopkeepers. Times have changed.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Horticulture

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

393

Story extras:

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