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Last Sunday Florence & I went up to Hampton Court, one of Henry VIII's old stamping grounds I believe. The grounds round the place are still beautifully kept in spite of the shortage of labour, the flower beds bordering the walks were just a mass of colour. Florence took me to see an old grape vine that was planted there over 150 years ago. It is a tremendous size & was simply laden with bunches of fruit. Round the base of the vine I think it measured over 4 feet in circumference. We had lunch at a very <u>fashionable </u> place beside the river & we spent a very peaceful afternoon watching people boating & punting on the river! If we had had more time we would have taken a punt ourselves, but I had to leave early to make it worthwhile
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Last Sunday Florence & I went up to Hampton Court, one of Henry VIII's old stomping grounds I believe. The grounds round the place are still beautifully kept in spite of the shortage of labour, the flower beds bordering the walks were just a mass of colour. Florence took me to see an old grape vine that was planted there over 150 years ago. It is a tremendous size & was simply laden with bunches of fruit. Round the base of the vine I think it measured over 4 feet in circumference. We had lunch at a very fashionable place beside the river & we spent a very peaceful afternoon watching people boating & punting on the river! If we had had more time we would have taken a punt ourselves, but I had to leave early to make it worthwhile
  
  
BC Archives MS-2685
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BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867 1920. Victoria; lawyer. / Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917 1919.
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File 3
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OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer.
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Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919.
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Last Sunday Florence & I went up to Hampton Court, one of Henry VIII's old stomping grounds I believe. The grounds round the place are still beautifully kept in spite of the shortage of labour, the flower beds bordering the walks were just a mass of colour. Florence took me to see an old grape vine that was planted there over 150 years ago. It is a tremendous size & was simply laden with bunches of fruit. Round the base of the vine I think it measured over 4 feet in circumference. We had lunch at a very fashionable place beside the river & we spent a very peaceful afternoon watching people boating & punting on the river! If we had had more time we would have taken a punt ourselves, but I had to leave early to make it worthwhile


BC Archives, MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 / OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867 – 1920. Victoria; lawyer. / Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917 – 1919.