A second “housing crash” means that relocation becomes even more unlikely.
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The builder who brought the Co-Op site has a fall out with the Bosworths and the Garden Centre, which was trading from in front of the Bungalow becomes unviable due to boundary issues.
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Bosworth’s approach a landowner around the new Burton Latimer bypass to discuss a new Garden Centre site. The site is around the Cranford Road and A6 junction
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The Co-Op land is sold to a builder for development – the Garden Centre land is not included in the sale
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Sam and Tania Bosworth are married
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Detailed planning consent is submitted and granted for a scheme to include only the Garden Centre and Co-Op site.
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The cold frames are replaced by the first retail structure on site, a steel framed polythene clad structure to sell bedding plants from. Remarkably that structure is still there now and houses the coffee shop.
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John Bosworth catches his paperboy one morning and tells him that it is time to start a proper job. Rob Jarrett begins as a Saturday lad. Rob is now our Main Landscaper, having learned a lot of his skills from John. Rob and his colleagues are now constructing award winning gardens to very high standards.
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Sam returns from college and on Boxing Day takes a sledgehammer to one of his Dad’s cold frames adjacent to the bungalow. John was not amused. Jill was excited about the retail opportunities.
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