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Marylyn Abbott
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Jul 13, 2026
Ep73: A Good Ol' Chit-Chat With... Marylyn Abbott
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7:16BearHOST
Oh.

Marylyn AbbottGUEST
But what they didn't realize that, um, McAlpine and the National Trust had decided to part company, and so by the time the IRA got round to putting the bomb in front of West Green, Lord McAlpine had left.

Marylyn AbbottGUEST
So the, uh, National Trust and McAlpine had some, um, differences of opinion of how the, the garden should look.

Marylyn AbbottGUEST
And so, um, McAlpine had left, the National Trust, um, the IRA put the bomb out, and then, um, that was it.

Marylyn AbbottGUEST
You know, the house was blown up, and, uh, so the National Trust didn't have a tenant, but they had a ruined house and a ruined garden.
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8:01BearHOST
Yeah.

Marylyn AbbottGUEST
Um, so the National Trust, uh, decided that they would fix up the basics, which was like the foundations and the roof and re-glaze, and then find, try and find somebody to restore it at their own expense, and then, um, let, then let the National Trust people in.