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Thank you, Pat - your monthly newsletters are always good reading.

Congratulations to Mike for his upcoming birthday.  Having lived a life that was always on the move: I attended 4 primary schools (Wokingham, Allestree, Leeds, Bristol) and have lived in 17 villages/towns - it's amazing to hear of others who have never moved.

Hi Keith

Hope you get some good info on Hill Road.

It was great seeing you at our last Zoom meeting and thanks for your help on my personal research.

Jenny

My great grandfather was William Brooks. As well as the Nursery Site (now a car park after the demolition of Weston Police Station), they also had a shop next door selling fruit, veg and flowers (this is now a local funeral directors). After his death, two of his sons took on the business and at some point it moved to Locking Road, current site of Weston College and before that Clarks Factory. I don't have too much information on why the business ended, but I know it ceased trading in 1955, this coinciding with the bankruptcy of one of the sons. It appears the site was then sold to Clarks. Here is a picture we have of William Brooks:

Whitecross Nurseries also had a site in Locking Road which is the location of the College and formally Clarks Factory. I understand that the business continued to run until the mid 1950's by a couple of William Brooks' sons. One of the sons was made bankrupt in 1955 which I assume was linked to the business ceasing to trade

William Brooks was my great great grandfather who was born in 1843. Here is a picture we have of him: