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cmee · 21-08-2003, 18:26

Have just found this site by chance. My grandparents, Hubert and Marie Blake, built Dyke Nook in 1907. I believe the house was sold to Sir W Cocker in 1947. I have a copy of a sale brochure of the house when he sold it - but unfortunately, there is no date, but I would guess it is in the 1950s or early '60s. Perhaps it became a children's home then. I can confirm that the garden was designed by Gertrude Jekyll and if you want more details, I can search out some references to published stuff about it. What I would like to know in return, is what is going to happen to the house now?? I happen to have driven past it today, and see that it is all boarded up and is apparently for sale. My efforts to find the estate agent (Duckworths) on the web have proved fruitless - but I did find this site!

21-08-2003, 18:26	#3
cmee Junior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 22 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 0	Re: DYKE NOOK, Whalley Road, Accrington Have just found this site by chance. My grandparents, Hubert and Marie Blake, built Dyke Nook in 1907. I believe the house was sold to Sir W Cocker in 1947. I have a copy of a sale brochure of the house when he sold it - but unfortunately, there is no date, but I would guess it is in the 1950s or early '60s. Perhaps it became a children's home then. I can confirm that the garden was designed by Gertrude Jekyll and if you want more details, I can search out some references to published stuff about it. What I would like to know in return, is what is going to happen to the house now?? I happen to have driven past it today, and see that it is all boarded up and is apparently for sale. My efforts to find the estate agent (Duckworths) on the web have proved fruitless - but I did find this site!