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Sylvia Travers

Jul 17, 2026

JamesHOST
24:35
So a bothy yard.
24:37
A bothy yard would have been the historical centre of gardening on the estate.
24:43
So the bothy refers to almost like a bunkhouse where the junior gardeners would have lived.
24:49
The head gardener's house is at the back of the yard, it's not part of the estate anymore, but he would have lived within spitting distance of the bothy yard.
24:56
and it would have been a he all the time then.
24:59
But the Bothy was the home for the under junior gardeners but also the yard itself would have had glass houses, coal frames, forcing houses for growing rhubarb out of season.
25:09
It would have had a potting shed.
JamesHOST
28:45
and anything that our listeners you know there'll be lots and lots of families who are used to coming up at hay in spring summertime as we get into the school holiday kind of season is there anything that you'd like to kind of let people know about what's what the exciting things on the horizon

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