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In 1893 Princess Kaiulani stayed at The Yews in In the early part of the last century, it was the home of the prominent local citizen and businessman, Charles Barlow. and later for many years by Mr. Oliver Tailby.
The large garden had heated greenhouses and a vegetable plot. Fruit trees were also very prevalent. At the top of the garden was a tennis court which was overgrown. If you walked on the garden path for its full length and turned left at the top you could then enter
I believe Oliver was a local magistrate and also the chief accountant for Whitney & Westley’s shoe factory in
Click here to read 'Memories of Oliver Tailby by Tony Palmer.
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