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    Percy John Thrower MBE (30 January 1913 – 18 March 1988) was a British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer born at Horwood House in the village...
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  • the programme. Lead presenters have included: Ken Burras (1968–1969) Percy Thrower (1969–1976) Arthur Billitt (1976–1979) Geoff Hamilton (1979–1996) Geoffrey...
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  • player Percy Thrower (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer Percy Trompf (1902–1964), Australian commercial artist Percy Vear...
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  • Mark Oshiro. Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a demigod, son of the mortal, Sally Jackson, and the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. Percy lives in the Upper East...
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  • of Commons James Thrower (1936–1999), British academic and writer Norma Thrower (born 1936), retired Australian hurdler Percy Thrower MBE (1913–1988),...
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    Second World War, was revived in 1946, with the organising support of Percy Thrower who was Shrewsbury's Parks Superintendent from that year until 1975...
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    40 metres by the early 1950s when they were felled on the orders of Percy Thrower. A falling branch had killed a young girl and so the trees were considered...
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  • Cansdale, who was the programme's first on-screen veterinarian, and Percy Thrower who was the show's gardening expert from 21 March 1974 to 23 November...
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  • Gardeners' World P. Allen Smith Joe Swift – BBC2's Gardeners' World Percy Thrower – Britain's first celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh – writer for BBC...
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  • television programme Gardeners' World. He took over from the first presenter Percy Thrower who in 1976 invoked the wrath of the BBC by falling foul of their 'no...
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  • December 2010. The Blue Peter Garden was launched on 21 March 1974. Percy Thrower was the first gardener and was awarded his gold badge in 1988. The second...
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    servants. Horwood House was the birthplace of Percy Thrower (born 30 January 1913) whose father Harry Thrower (born 1882 in Felixstowe) was the head gardener...
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  • Moray Patrick Newell Trisha Noble Hugh Paddick David Prowse Kathy Staff Percy Thrower Dilys Watling Carl Wayne Paula Wilcox Occasionally, Hill would briefly...
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    was at Bawdsey Manor that she knew of Harry Thrower, the father of the broadcaster and gardener Percy Thrower, as he was a gardener there, it being his...
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  • Nicholas Percy (born 5 December 1994) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the discus throw. Percy represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships...
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    nearest railway station is at Milton Keynes Central (8½ miles/14 km). Percy Thrower (1913–1988), television gardening presenter, was born at Horwood House...
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  • Joan Field, 72, American violinist. Máirtín Ó Direáin, 77, Irish poet. Percy Thrower, 75, British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer. Frank...
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    effects designer, was born in the town and was resident there until 1994; Percy Thrower, the gardener and broadcaster lived in Shrewsbury, where he set up the...
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    Norman noble. The famous gardener, horticulturist and broadcaster, Percy Thrower, built his own house in the village, called "The Magnolias", in 1963...
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  • Devon; Sanders, Burnham-on-sea; Cadbury, Bristol; Cardiff, Wales; Percy Thrower, Shrewsbury; Melbicks, Birmingham; and Weybridge, Surrey. On 30 August...
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    Louis Knoche Jr & His Raging Cronies, the Alaska Cowboys, Patronage, Percy Throwers Man Eating Plans, SexyCows, the Orgasm Guerrillas, the Implications...
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  • Graham Stuart Thomas (1909–2003), English botanist and rose gardener Percy Thrower (1913–1988), English gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh (born...
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  • John Steinbeck – Travels With Charley: In Search of America Percy ThrowerPercy Thrower's Encyclopaedia of Gardening Barbara Tuchman – The Guns of August...
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  • programme on BBC television and a visit from the first television gardener, Percy Thrower, in 1971. In the same year, the Darland School bee keeping group appeared...
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  • Arthur Billitt succeeds Percy Thrower as principal host of BBC2's Gardeners' World after the BBC does not renew Thrower's contract following his agreement...
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  • stocked by the amateurs, though they were advised by professionals like Percy Thrower, Geoffrey Smith and Bill Sowerbutts. In the end, the little local society...
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  • (1910–2007) Lady Marie Loder of Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, Horsham 1977 Percy Thrower (1913–1988), Television gardener Mrs Desmond Underwood 1978 W Martin...
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  • by Percy, Annabeth, Nico and Thalia Grace in the short story Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades where he had his memory erased by Percy throwing him...
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  • in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and the sequel to The Sea of Monsters. It is about the adventures of the 14-year-old demigod Percy Jackson...
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  • Morecambe & Ernie Wise September 17, 1971: Jack Wild October 8, 1971: Percy Thrower October 15, 1971: Ann Moore October 22, 1971: Cliff Richard October...
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