In my rush to get the WTKG 25th Anniversary post sorted, I forgot to mention a ‘nearly-coincidence’. It’s only a bit of a tortuous connection so, stay with me people.
As well as 5th November 2018 being the 25th Anniversary of ‘The Wartime Kitchen and Garden’, the 8th November marks the 65th Anniversary of an episode from 1953 of ‘Home Grown’, a radio gardening programme on the BBC ‘Home Service’ (Radio 4 to any youngsters).
“What’s the fuss?” I hear you say. Well, one of the guests, giving advice on the storing of fruits and vegetables, was none other than Ralph Thoday, Head Gardener at St. John’s College, Cambridge, at the time, and the father of Peter Thoday. Another of the illustrious contributors was Fred Streeter, famously Head Gardener at Petworth House, turned radio personality.
And, thinking about it, this would have also been around the same time that Peter began his horticultural career, studying at Cambridge Botanic Gardens.
Small world, innit?
As well as 5th November 2018 being the 25th Anniversary of ‘The Wartime Kitchen and Garden’, the 8th November marks the 65th Anniversary of an episode from 1953 of ‘Home Grown’, a radio gardening programme on the BBC ‘Home Service’ (Radio 4 to any youngsters).
“What’s the fuss?” I hear you say. Well, one of the guests, giving advice on the storing of fruits and vegetables, was none other than Ralph Thoday, Head Gardener at St. John’s College, Cambridge, at the time, and the father of Peter Thoday. Another of the illustrious contributors was Fred Streeter, famously Head Gardener at Petworth House, turned radio personality.
And, thinking about it, this would have also been around the same time that Peter began his horticultural career, studying at Cambridge Botanic Gardens.
Small world, innit?