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| + | [[Charles & Beatrice Fagge]] built a weekend cottage in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Slad_Lane Slad Lane] which they called '[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bulla_Burra Bulla Burra]', aboriginal for 'beautiful bird'. | ||
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| + | '''Daughter [[Beatrice 'Beat' Fagge]]''' looked after her mother at Bulla Burra after her father had died, inheriting it in 1944. | ||
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| + | '''Alistair Fagge Grandson. Extract''' from his year in Lacey Green as a student at Stocken Farm. For the full article click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1955_A_Year_at_Stocken_Farm 1955 A Year at Stocken Farm] | ||
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| + | '''"'''The reason I had come to this farm, ninety miles from home, was that my grand-parents had a weekend bungalow, Bulla Burra, (Aboriginal for beautiful bird; my grandmother was Australian) in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Slad_Lane Slad Lane], just out of the village. They used to come down from London by train and were met at [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Saunderton_Station Saunderton Station] and taken up the hill, via Bradenham, by horse and cart, past the house where Disraeli was born and on to Lacey Green. | ||
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| + | In 1972 Bulla Burra was purchased by [[Miles Marshall]] and his wife. The changed its name to [[Apple Acre]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:20, 31 August 2024
Charles & Beatrice Fagge built a weekend cottage in Slad Lane which they called 'Bulla Burra', aboriginal for 'beautiful bird'.
Daughter Beatrice 'Beat' Fagge looked after her mother at Bulla Burra after her father had died, inheriting it in 1944.
Alistair Fagge Grandson. Extract from his year in Lacey Green as a student at Stocken Farm. For the full article click 1955 A Year at Stocken Farm
"The reason I had come to this farm, ninety miles from home, was that my grand-parents had a weekend bungalow, Bulla Burra, (Aboriginal for beautiful bird; my grandmother was Australian) in Slad Lane, just out of the village. They used to come down from London by train and were met at Saunderton Station and taken up the hill, via Bradenham, by horse and cart, past the house where Disraeli was born and on to Lacey Green.
In 1972 Bulla Burra was purchased by Miles Marshall and his wife. The changed its name to Apple Acre