Back in time | Rippon Lea Gardens 1934 | Rippon Lea Estate

This unique footage of Rippon Lea Estate's grounds is believed to date from 1934 and was filmed by Harry Rippon Sargood, a grandson of Sir Frederick Sargood, Rippon Lea's first owner.
"Back in the nineteen-thirties, when Benjamin Nathan owned Rippon Lea, there were two gardeners and 36 outside staff, who attended, apart from the lawns and ponds, 32 glass houses." - The Bulletin, 9 March 1974
Recently rediscovered and digitized, this film was donated to the National Trust by Harry Rippon Sargood's son, Neil Sargood.
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