{"id":492,"date":"2015-09-07T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2015-09-07T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T16:00:54","slug":"august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stanley Milsted was an accountant from East Barnet.\u00a0 He died in 1966, aged 88.\u00a0 What his connection is with Knebworth is a mystery.\u00a0 However, through him \u2013 and the thoughtful and kind donation of Neil Olsen, the son of Stanley\u2019s neighbour \u2013 our Archive now holds a fabulous collection of glass slides of Knebworth in the 1890s.\u00a0 There are images of Park Lane before it was paved, various early houses, the station, a wedding at St Mary\u2019s Church, and of course lots of images of Knebworth House and Park.\u00a0 Some of the slides have been beautifully hand-coloured.\u00a0 All are a fascinating glimpse into the past.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the slides show the Garden Front of Knebworth House, and their surfacing is particularly serendipitous this week as they show the central west elevation beasts that, also this week, have been restored to their battlement posts for the first time in as long as anyone can remember.\u00a0 Beautifully sculpted in Newmarket by Spectrum Stone, they represent the most visible element of the current restoration project (half of phase 6 of 10) that, more crucially, is about securing the roof behind and beneath them.\u00a0 Perhaps we should call the two with angel wings Stanley and Neil?<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<a href=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1890s-Garden-Front.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-493 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1890s-Garden-Front-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"1890s-Garden-Front\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1890s-Garden-Front-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1890s-Garden-Front.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/223;\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-Garden-Front.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-494 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-Garden-Front-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"2015---Garden-Front\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-Garden-Front-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2015-Garden-Front.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/223;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:henry@knebworthhouse.com\">www.knebworthhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanley Milsted was an accountant from East Barnet.\u00a0 He died in 1966, aged 88.\u00a0 What his connection is with Knebworth is a mystery.\u00a0 However, through him \u2013 and the thoughtful and kind donation of Neil Olsen, the son of Stanley\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=492\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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