Mary Barnards Rose

paulhopps22 | 09:22 Wed 02nd Jun 2004 | Home & Garden

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Any one know about the Mary Barnard Rose. We have one , but cant find any record of its origin.

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Newt

Hi Paul, From this site called HelpMeFind: http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=42005 Newt

paulhopps22

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NEWT , you absolute star !!! Mary Barnard ( deceased ) is my wife's grandmother. Rumour has it that its " creator " was a fond admirer of this already married lady !!

cewilliams4

Mary Barnard was my great aunt and was extremely well known in flower arrangement circles. I believe she was chair of a UK floral arrangement society and I remember she spoke at national events back in the 1950s/1960s. The rose was developed as I understand it (bought some from there for my own mother) at a rose development centre at Almondsbury near Bristol. I know it's just up the road from the Almondsbury Garden Centre. My uncle was a keen rose grower and he bought one first and then advised us where to get their aunt's rose.

Mary Barnard was known within family circles as Biddy.

Chris Williams

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Hi Chris Williams ... well what a small world!! Mary Barnard ( Biddy ) was indeed my wife's( Juliet Hopper nee Barnard) GrandMother. I guess you and Juliet must be related somehow! Our MAry was, as u say, from Almondsbury. Hopps

cewilliams4

Hi Paul

Yes we are cousins - Juliet's father was my Mum's first cousin. I think therefore we are first cousins once removed if I can work it out properly. If I remember correctly Juliet's parents and her sibling/s all had first names beginning with J. My Mum was Doreen Spencer before she married my father and became Doreen Davy.

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