Sulgrave Village Advent Calendar Windows 2016 – No. 19 – Wisteria Cottage, Helmdon Road

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To the consternation of passing motorists about 60 people thronged Helmdon Road for the window unveiling whilst seeing off 150 sausage rolls, 80 sausages and 3 dozen mince pies, washed down with quantities of mulled wine!

More pictures of Wisteria cottage decorations, inside and out, on the next page

 

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Photo: Hywel Lloyd

The window awaits unveiling.

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Count the baubles, put your answer on a piece of paper and post it through the letterbox of Wisteria Cottage with your name. The competitor with the nearest answer will win a prize in the New Year.

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Some more pictures of Wisteria Cottage in different circumstances:

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Wisteria Cottage in the Spring

Wisteria Cottage in the Spring

 

Wisteria Cottage owner Cecil Walton outside the house with his motor cycle and side-car in the late 1920s or early 1930s

Wisteria Cottage owner Cecil Walton outside the house with his motor cycle and side-car in the late 1920s or early 1930s

 

Cecil Walton's daughter Edith (later Edith Parker) on the top step of the cottage with wartime evacuee Renee Barrett c1942. Cecil ran a motor cycle parts and fuel supply business from the garage adjoining the property.

Cecil Walton’s daughter Edith (later Edith Parker) on the top step of the cottage with wartime evacuee Renee Barrett c1942. Cecil ran a motor cycle parts and fuel supply business from the garage adjoining the property.

 

Bell given to Sulgrave Church by Cecil Walton in 1932 in memory of his wife Cissie (with Wally the dog).

Bell given to Sulgrave Church by Cecil Walton in 1932 in memory of his wife Cissie (with Wally the dog).

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One Response to “Sulgrave Village Advent Calendar Windows 2016 – No. 19 – Wisteria Cottage, Helmdon Road”

  1. Ingram Lloyd says:

    60 people!!! An amazing turnout, we should have tried really hard to get Michael Bublé to be there in person!!

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