RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT
THROUGH THE YEARS
LIFE-CHANGING MOVE TO CANADA
1957
This would turn out to be a busy year for us.
Dad left for Canada, ahead of us, to start his new job in Saskatchewan. I remember Mum
having to pack up our household, which filled a small crate, for shipping to Canada. It wasn’t
very large, so we must have ‘disposed’ of a fair amount before leaving.
Here is a photo of Dad and I
at Kew Gardens in front of
Kew Palace, the smallest of
the British royal palaces. It
was built around 1631 and
later purchased and
occupied by George III.
Kew Gardens is a botanical
garden in southwest
London founded in 1840
and can be dated as
formally starting in 1759. Its
living collections include
more than 30,000 different
kinds of plants, while the
herbarium, which is one of
the largest in the world, has
over seven million
preserved plant specimens.
The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more
than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants.
Kew Gardens has its own police force, Kew Constabulary, which
has been in operation since 1847.
In the south-east corner of Kew Gardens stands the Great
Pagoda, erected in 1762.
Dad and I at Kew Gardens
April 22, 1957
June 2017
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