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Octavia Hill

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Arts, Housing, Open Spaces - we tell the story of this inspiring Victorian woman who worked hard to create better housing and a holistic approach to the landlord/tenant relationship - ultimately founding the National Trust www.octaviahill.org

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3/3 Two incredible women who both achieved much more, Emma in assisting Octavia Hill in housing reform and Lilian in reopening and invigorating Sadlers Wells Theatre.

28.12.2024 08:33 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of two women dressed as victorians looking at a table of prizes. In a Victorian Museum with glass cabinets and cast iron railings on stairs nearby. One of the women looks like Octavia Hill!

Photo of two women dressed as victorians looking at a table of prizes. In a Victorian Museum with glass cabinets and cast iron railings on stairs nearby. One of the women looks like Octavia Hill!

We had a lovely time at the #Wisbech Christmas Fayre today. Unfortunately outside stalls and entertainment were cancelled, but we gathered in the Wisbech and Fenland Museum and there were activities in the Library too, so we all enjoyed ourselves with plenty of families coming through the doors.

08.12.2024 16:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also we have two copies of the Singer Sargent portrait and 2 blue plaques 😛😍 #Showoff

07.12.2024 14:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We had a Christmas gathering and happy birthday celebration at her birthplace for our volunteers, lovely afternoon.

07.12.2024 14:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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S1 Ep 2 Celia Richardson on Octavia Hill Podcast Episode · The Blue Plaque Pod · 26/03/2024 · 31m

Enjoyed the podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... by @kassiastclair.bsky.social with @celiarichardson.bsky.social
You are both welcome to visit us in #Wisbech to see her birthplace - 3 houses and 4 floors of displays telling her life story.

07.12.2024 14:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
An image of a garden in London with cottage style planting. A path runs up the middle and either side is textural green planting with orange poppies, purple hollyhocks and pink roses. Victorian cottages peep over the plants. A tree towers greenly over the left hand side. At the end of the path is a white fronted building with dark wooden supports. A black mural can just be seen. Behind is a 1960s block of flats.

An image of a garden in London with cottage style planting. A path runs up the middle and either side is textural green planting with orange poppies, purple hollyhocks and pink roses. Victorian cottages peep over the plants. A tree towers greenly over the left hand side. At the end of the path is a white fronted building with dark wooden supports. A black mural can just be seen. Behind is a 1960s block of flats.

Hi Bluesky, we're Bankside Open Spaces Trust a small London based environmental and gardening charity. Here's is one of the urban green spaces we care for - Red Cross Garden, founded in 1886 by co-founder of the National Trust Octavia Hill & restored by us. Can't wait to share more gardens with you.

14.11.2024 14:26 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1

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