A Victorian Head Gardener
F. E. Burroughes.
- Region:
- South West
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Expensed: I ask for my petrol costs and a donation to support my chosen charity.
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 18th October 2021
- Tagged:
- Gardens | General And Local History | Plants | Social
The story of my father, who started his career in horticulture as a gardener's boy on a local big estate before the First World War. A talk about the fascinating life of the Victorian Country estate, which has now entirely vanished. Learn the correct way of mowing a lawn with a horse-drawn mower, how to grow grapes and pineapples, and why and when William Robinson's butler had to serve his master with a pear on a silver tray. You will also discover why the War Office issued the Home guard with thousands of stirrup pumps in the Second World War.
Views: 2030 | Enquiries: 22About F. E. Burroughes.
A well-known and experienced Lecturer and After-Dinner Speaker for W.Is, Rotary Clubs, Round Tables, U3As, and special interest groups and societies. Francis is on the W.I Speakers List of most Counties in the South West. His talks do not require any special equipment, and for those which are illustrated with slides, Francis brings all his own equipment, which can include a very large screen.
He is available during the day, and at short notice, and will travel all over the South West, including Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and Devon. He asks for his petrol expenses, and a donation towards his chosen charity, as much as you can reasonably afford. He asks you to be as generous as possible!
Other talks are also available, apart from those listed here.
More details about all his talks can be found on his website, www.burroughes.uk
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by F. E. Burroughes.
- The Wonderful World of Glass
- Seated One Day at the Organ. . .
- Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage!
- In the Mood, or Dancing through a War
- Illegal Immigrants
- Can You Play Jerusalem For Us?
- Things You Miss About Paris
- Desert Island Discs.
- The Front Garden
- The Juvenile Drama
- The Golden Age of Glass
- Albert, Wallace the Lion, and Noah.
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