We are celebrating my Dad’s 90th birthday this weekend near High Wycombe! Here’s some pictures of Dad in his edible garden in Chandlers Ford , Hampshire!  He started growing vegetables during the last world war in Eastleigh, Hampshire. He remembers growing two of my favourite (tasty) potatoes – Sharpes Express and King Edward on what is now the recreation ground in Derby Rd., Eastleigh in the 1940s!   When I was growing up in Eastleigh (later Chandlers Ford), we always had some fresh greens and fruit from the garden. Dad was a carpenter / joiner all his life, but started writing about local history on his retirement.
He wrote amongst others  “1630 and 1693 Rentals of Bishops Waltham Manors with 1550 Bursledon 1550 Bitterne and Weston 1573 Ashton part 2 and 3″ http://tinyurl.com/nb654tx,  “Not Only North Stoneham But Also”  

He even  learned medieval latin and translated a medieval pipe roll, published in 1998:  https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/1208_9_Pipe_Roll_of_the_Bishopric_of_Win.html?id=uiFhAAAACAAJ&hl=no

He also became an artist as a pensioner and painted many old local houses!

Happy 90th, Dad, this is for you!!