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Greg Shepherd
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 28th August 2023

Our man in Hawaii! Greg Shepherd is a professor of music and theatre at Kauai Community College in Hawaii, USA. He tells us...

Chris Barry
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 31st July 2023

‘After a long and happy career in General Practice, as retirement beckoned I began thinking of what to do.  When my sons...

Christine Senior
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 1st July 2023

Life Member of the Friends, Christine has clocked up a fantastic record, transcribing 50 historic wills relating to Lydiard...

Anne Barr
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 31st May 2023

This month we have a very special “Friend of the Month” piece from Anne Barr, who recalls her memories of first meeting...

Debra Melsom
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 19th August 2022

Our Friend of the Month is Debra Melsom, whose ancestors lived and worked within the Bolingbroke estate, worshipped and...

April James
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 2nd June 2022

April James joined the Friends in 2021 and provides minute-taking support to the Trustees at their regular meetings. I...

Mike Montagu
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 6th April 2022

Mike Montagu is the Host & Historian at Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire where he was until very recently Bursar for over...

Julie Holland
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 31st January 2022

It was a lucky day for the Friends when Julie joined us! Here she describes the surprise gift which turned into years of...

Anthony Oliver St.John
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 26th November 2021

My first encounter with Lydiard House and Park was in the summer of 1965 when one Saturday afternoon my father announced...

Jo Kelleher
Category: Lydiard Friends Published on: 19th October 2021

After some years of commuting within my love triangle, Bournemouth being home, Bristol for work and Swindon to visit my...