A florist whose shops were well known in Birmingham An interesting and determined woman of the 1950s. Source for all extracts: British Newspaper Archives. Viv.
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Florist Margaret Tregoning (Mrs Denison Cockburn)
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I wonder if she achieved her ambition of having her own land and growing her own choice and varied plants and shrubs. This idea is popular again now. It’s a real problem that came along with supermarket flowers; uniformity and a bland choice of flowers. Some have since upped their game. I can appreciate her thinking going back nearly 70 years ago, Viv.
RuthinBrum
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My big sister Ann Croft, fought to go to Pershore Horticultural College in c . 1955 - she had to fight because she was a girl! To prove she was serious, she had to work as an unpaid volunteer at the Botanical Gardens for 6 months, and then she was allowed to go to Pershore. She loved the course, but for some reason, when she came out she wanted to train as a florist! 'Margaret Tregoning' agreed to take her on, but first Ann had to redesign and create her garden - in other words, dig it all over, plants shrubs and trees etc, and then start training all over again as a Junior Florist at the shop in the city centre! However, she was brilliant, and had great flair. Later she went on to open a new Margaret Tregoning shop on Bristol Road where she worked as the Manager for some years.
how interesting...your sister was certainly a very determined woman so pleased she succeeded
lyn