Colour All the Year in my Garden edited by CH Middleton, the well-known broadcaster; first edition; [nd] Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne.
8vo; 15cm x 19.5cm; cream cloth binding; black and white and colour illustrations; spine faded with mild wear to board edges; good condition; 128 pp
Cecil Henry Middleton (1886 – 1945) was a British gardener, writer and was one of the first in a long line of celebrity gardeners from Percy Thrower to Alan Titchmarsh and Monty Don. He broadcast on the radio and BBC during the 1930s and 40s and was involved with the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign during the Second World War.
Middleton came from a family of gardeners – his father was head gardener at Weston Hall for Sir George Sitwell, father of Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell. Middleton worked at Kew Gardens before Colonel Frank Durham, Secretary of the RHS recommended him to BBC as a broadcaster. His first programme was on 9th May, 1931 and from 1934, he presented a series of gardening talks every Sunday afternoon at 2.15pm.
By 1940, he was attracting 3.5 million listeners although BBC cut his fee when he was unable to broadcast due to bronchitis.
Wrote for the Daily Express and Radio TImes and was an advisor and writer for publications by Boots the Chemist.
Was the author of several books.
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