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1. 1960s - The Living Room, with the dining table and rush stool
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2. 1960s - The division between the Living and Sitting Rooms, with the original curtains
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3. 1960s - The Living Room fireplace
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4. 1960s - The Exterior. Very little has changed
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5. 1960s - The Sitting Room - note the settee still has its original upholstery
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6. 1960s - A view from the Sitting Room looking into the living Room
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7. A view from the master bedroom looking across the landing into the bathroom
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8. Beeches Aveneue - from a post card in the Local Collection, printed before 1903
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9. A photograph dated 1913, looking south from the station. A few houses can now be glimpsed through the trees
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10. Isabelle Waight (known as Belle), Frank Dickinson's sister
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11. Herbert (Bert) Dickinson, the second youngest of Frank's brothers
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12. A watercolour by Frank Dickinson of Carshalton High Street
showing the stream which used to run down the south side of the road from Carshalton Park into the ponds. This was culverted over in the 1930s |
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13. The wedding of Charlie Dickinson and Minnie Marriott in 1901, 3 years before Frank married Florence Marriott
Left to Right: Back Row: Mr. Palmer, Isabel Dickinson (Frank & Charlie’s sister), Frank, Florence.
Front Row: Charlie Dickinson and his bride, Minnie |
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14. Charlie Dickinson in his Merchant Seaman's uniform
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15. The coal box which now stands in the living room
This was the first piece of furniture made by Frank Dickinson for his new home |
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16. A social evening at Little Holland House
Standing, left to right: Florence, George (Charlie’s son), Mrs Hughes, Jack, Julie.
Middle row, seated left to right: Frank, Lizzie, Belle, Jack.
Front row: Marjorie Waight (Belle’s daughter), ?, Frances Waight, Gerard. |
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17. Frank and Florence Dickinson pictured at around the time of their marriage in 1904
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18. The family of Frank’s brother Charles (Charlie) Dickinson, taken on 5th March 1921
Charlie married Minnie Marriott, Florence’s sister.
Left to right: George, Charlie, Margaret, Mabel, James (Jim), Minnie, and Fred |
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19. Social Gathering at Little Holland House
Left to Right: Florence, Julie, Frank, Marjorie Waight (daughter of Frank’s sister, Belle), Richard (Dick) Sell (friend) and Dick’s sister, Barbara. |
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20. Florence Dickinson (seated) with her daughter Isobel (known as Julie) behind, and her grandson Martin on her lap, c.1939
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21. Florence, whilst Frank's fiancée
One of the two pictures which Frank Dickinson used to create the paintings of his wife and himself in the corner of the Living Room |
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22. Florence sitting in the garden of Little Holland House, on the ‘Mistresses chair’
Frank said that the mistress of the house was so busy, she didn’t have time to rest and take her ease, so the chair had no arms, unlike the Master’s chair! |
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23. Frank Dickinson in his garden at Little Holland House, with his older brother Charlie, and Frank’s children, Julie and Gerard
Charlie had helped Frank build his 'ideal' house |
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24. Frank and Florence in the garden with Frank’s niece, Margaret, on the left. From the style of dress it must be pre-1914
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25. Frank Dickinson and his wife Florence, outside their house
Although the photograph is not dated, from the style of clothing it is probably the late 1940s/very early 1950s |
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26. Frank in profile
One of the two pictures which Frank Dickinson used to create the paintings of his wife and himself in the corner of the Living Room |
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27. Frank Dickinson in his sergeant's Uniform
From an original loaned by Frank's niece, Frances |
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28. Frank Dickinson - a self-portrait
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29. Fred Dickinson, Frank's oldest brother
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30. Gerard Dickinson, Frank’s son, with his wife Doris, in the garden of his house in Banstead
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31. Gerard and Doris Dickinson, shortly after their marriage
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32. Gerard Dickinson in uniform, in his back garden at Banstead
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33. Gerard Dickinson and his wife Doris
They are seen in the garden of their home in Banstead, sitting on the Marriage Chest he had made with the help of his father, Frank. The chest is now on view in Gerard's old bedroom at Little Holland House |
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34. Harry Crosby, Julie's husband, in the garden with their daughter Mary
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35. Herbert Harold (Bert) Dickinson, one of Frank's younger brothers
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36. A social gathering at Little Holland House
Left to Right: Florence, Frank (with his face hidden), Marjorie Waight (daughter of Frank’s sister, Belle), Harry Crosby (Frank’s son-in-law), Dick Sell, Barbara Sell |
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37. Julie Dickinson as a child
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38. The garden at Little Holland House showing the fountain, in one of its incarnations
The pond was filled in twice – once when Frank’s children were young, and again when his grandchildren were young, to avoid accidents. The shape of the pond changed from an octagon to a circle, and the top of the fountain went missing and was eventually replaced by a different shape |
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39. Frank's painting of Little Holland House
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40. The Dickinson family in the back garden of Little Holland House, prior to 1914
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41. An early photgraph of the Living Room
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42. The Lobby today
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43. Minnie, Charlie's wife, with their daughter, Margaret
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44. Mrs. Fred Dickinson
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45. The Kitchen at Little Holland House before restoration in 1973
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46. Members of the Dickinson family outside Little Holland House in the 1920s
The picture was taken before any building work had taken place to the south. Frank can be seen in the middle
From an original lent by Marjorie Hunt, one of Frank’s nieces |
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47. The silver tea service made by Frank Dickinson for his wife to celebrate their Silver Wedding in 1929
Also shown is the coffee pot which was the first thing he made in silver following an evening class in silver working at the Central School of Art in Lodnon |
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48. An early photgraph of the Sitting Room
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49. The Sitting Room in Little Holland house
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50. The wedding greetings car made by Frank Dickinson to celebrate his marriage to Florence Marriott on 28th March 1904
They moved into Little Holland House on their wedding night |
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