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News from the Archives: Noah’s Ark – a toy with contemporary relevance
Winterbourne was built in 1904 for John and Margaret Nettlefold and bequeathed to the University of Birmingham 40 years later by John Macdonald Nicolson. Follow our dedicated team of archivists as they explore Winterbourne’s past and share with you the special objects, photographs and documents contained within the Winterbourne Archives. This toy set, probably used…
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Powered by Plants
Before his marriage to Margaret, and the construction of their family home, Winterbourne’s John Nettlefold cut his teeth in the family firm which eventually became Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (GKN), one of the largest manufacturing companies of its time, first forged in the heat of the industrial revolution. John began work in the firm’s Broad…
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Where the Wild Things Are
For many who visit gardens all around the world it is the lure of the cultivated plant which exerts an irresistible pull. The heavy headed hybrid rose is forgiven all its exhaustive and outlandish cultural requirements in exchange for one brief moment of delicious scent. Yet, those plants which persist uninvited, with little fuss or…