1. 1960s - The Living Room, with the dining table and rush stool

2. 1960s - The division between the Living and Sitting Rooms, with the original curtains

3. 1960s - The Living Room fireplace

4. 1960s - The Exterior. Very little has changed

5. 1960s - The Sitting Room - note the settee still has its original upholstery

6. 1960s - A view from the Sitting Room looking into the living Room

7. A view from the master bedroom looking across the landing into the bathroom

8. Beeches Aveneue - from a post card in the Local Collection, printed before 1903

9. A photograph dated 1913, looking south from the station. A few houses can now be glimpsed through the trees

10. Isabelle Waight (known as Belle), Frank Dickinson's sister

11. Herbert (Bert) Dickinson, the second youngest of Frank's brothers

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

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

14. Charlie Dickinson in his Merchant Seaman's uniform

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

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.

17. Frank and Florence Dickinson pictured at around the time of their marriage in 1904

18. The family of Frank’s brother Charles (Charlie) Dickinson, taken on 5^{th March 1921}

Charlie married Minnie Marriott, Florence’s sister.

Left to right: George, Charlie, Margaret, Mabel, James (Jim), Minnie, and Fred

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.

20. Florence Dickinson (seated) with her daughter Isobel (known as Julie) behind, and her grandson Martin on her lap, c.1939

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

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!

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

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

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

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

27. Frank Dickinson in his sergeant's Uniform

From an original loaned by Frank's niece, Frances

28. Frank Dickinson - a self-portrait

29. Fred Dickinson, Frank's oldest brother

30. Gerard Dickinson, Frank’s son, with his wife Doris, in the garden of his house in Banstead

31. Gerard and Doris Dickinson, shortly after their marriage

32. Gerard Dickinson in uniform, in his back garden at Banstead

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

34. Harry Crosby, Julie's husband, in the garden with their daughter Mary

35. Herbert Harold (Bert) Dickinson, one of Frank's younger brothers

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

37. Julie Dickinson as a child

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

39. Frank's painting of Little Holland House

40. The Dickinson family in the back garden of Little Holland House, prior to 1914

41. An early photgraph of the Living Room

42. The Lobby today

43. Minnie, Charlie's wife, with their daughter, Margaret

44. Mrs. Fred Dickinson

45. The Kitchen at Little Holland House before restoration in 1973

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

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

48. An early photgraph of the Sitting Room

49. The Sitting Room in Little Holland house

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