Friends of Lydiard Park – Cakes and Tales Event

Another chance to share your memories and explore The Lydiard Archives with Friends of Lydiard Park Chair Sarah Finch-Crisp and local historian and fellow trustee, Frances Bevan.  Donations on the day towards your home-made afternoon tea will be much appreciated.

For over fifty years The Friends of Lydiard Park have been gathering and compiling the memories and stories of people who grew up in and around Lydiard Park, creating a fascinating history of the life of the village.  Last year we filled every seat in the hall and we hope to again this year!  Since last year’s Cakes and Tales we have collected more historic photographs and stories including some wonderful images preserved by the Strange family of Hook and the Rummings family of Park Farm, Lydiard Tregoze.  Meanwhile Frances Bevan is continuing her transcriptions of the remarkable diaries of Elliot Woolford (d1940) of Hook Farm and discovering the Woolford’s close connections with the St. John family at the turn of the 20^th century.