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My Mother's Diaries
Gallery
Photographs from Hiltonbury Farm, the Vining family and the world behind My Mother’s Diaries — bringing the people, places and memories in the handwritten pages to life.
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Hiltonbury Farmhouse, Chandler’s Ford
The farmhouse at the heart of My Mother’s Diaries and the Vining family story.
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Margaret Kathleen Vining — “BeBe”
My mother, whose diaries from 1948 to 1976 inspired My Mother’s Diaries.
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Sidney Vining with Heather and Clara our Goose
A family moment from the Hiltonbury years, capturing the ordinary life that fills the diaries.
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Andy Vining outside the back door of Hiltonbury Farm
Growing up at Hiltonbury meant that the farm was both home and playground, with animals never far away.
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Andy Vining on the Ferguson Tractor
Andy mowing the cricket field on the Ferguson tractor — one of the machines he learned to drive while growing up at Hiltonbury.
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The Diaries — 1948 to 1976
The handwritten diaries kept by my mother, Margaret Kathleen Vining, recording nearly thirty years of family and farming life at Hiltonbury.
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Hiltonbury Farmhouse, Chandler’s Ford
The farmhouse at the heart of My Mother’s Diaries and the Vining family story.
01
Hiltonbury Farmhouse, Chandler’s Ford
The farmhouse at the heart of My Mother’s Diaries and the Vining family story.
02
Margaret Kathleen Vining — “BeBe”
My mother, whose diaries from 1948 to 1976 inspired My Mother’s Diaries.
03
Sidney Vining with Heather and Clara our Goose
A family moment from the Hiltonbury years, capturing the ordinary life that fills the diaries.
04
Andy Vining outside the back door of Hiltonbury Farm
Growing up at Hiltonbury meant that the farm was both home and playground, with animals never far away.
05
Andy Vining on the Ferguson Tractor
Andy mowing the cricket field on the Ferguson tractor — one of the machines he learned to drive while growing up at Hiltonbury.
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The Diaries — 1948 to 1976
The handwritten diaries kept by my mother, Margaret Kathleen Vining, recording nearly thirty years of family and farming life at Hiltonbury.
- Historic photograph of Hiltonbury Farmhouse in Chandler’s Ford
- Margaret Kathleen Vining, known to the family as BeBe
- Sidney Vining with Heather and Clara the family goose
- Young Andy Vining sitting with dogs Lassie and Fancy at Hiltonbury Farm
- Andy Vining mowing the cricket field on a Ferguson tractor
- Open handwritten diaries of Margaret Kathleen Vining from 1948 to 1976
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