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neil
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 Posted - 09 Apr 2012 : 09:12:13
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The days when Worthing-grown grapes were served at royal dining tables will be remembered in a new tour of historic Broadwater Cemetery.
The tour will visit the graves of nurserymen, growers and market gardeners who turned the town into the cultivated capital of the south in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Worthing was then renowned for its fruit, vegetables and flowers grown in glasshouses all over the borough.
Its succulent grapes, rosy red tomatoes and tasty cucumbers were especially sought after.
Special trains carried the produce to London, including the royal palaces, and industrial cities in the north.
One of the Friends of Broadwater & Worthing Cemetery in South Farm Road, Sue Nea, said: “We will visit the graves of some of the pioneers of Worthing’s glasshouse industry who played such an important part in the town’s history for more than 70 years".
The free tour, conducted by Malcolm Linfield, a descendant of the well known Linfield nursery family, takes place on Saturday, April 14, at 10.30am.
Please meet at the South Farm Road chapel shortly beforehand - there is no need to book. |
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