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Description: | This tin has a particularly close association with Reading. It was made in Reading for Reading's most famous business and it was also photographed and, indeed, its subject was grown in Reading! This splendid Clematis Jackmanii was grown by Leonard Saunders who started work at Huntley & Palmers in 1930. In 1937 he became Production Controller, a position he held until his retirement in 1967. There was considerable excitement in the Saunders family when Huntley, Boorne & Stevens decided to feature the Clematis on one of their tins for Huntley & Palmers. Mr Saunders was a keen gardener and the Clematis continued to be his pride and joy until his death in 1987. Mr Saunder's photograph can be seen elsewhere on this website and it can be seen that the tin designers have used only a small section of the original from near the top right-hand corner. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | plant fence natural science clematis domestic flower Leonard Saunders | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Huntley, Boorne & Stevens | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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