Sean Hawkins

Yes, they were that. I mean, one can't ignore the fact that they would have seen a financial result, which they would hope would have been to their advantage, but of course wouldn't envisage the war. Certainly when the project began, they didn't envisage that she would die before it was finished.

Yes, they were that. I mean, one can't ignore the fact that they would have seen a financial result, which they would hope would have been to their advantage, but of course wouldn't envisage the war. Certainly when the project began, they didn't envisage that she would die before it was finished.

So it may well have been that Harry Bancroft, after her death, though he did come to Rygate, we know this, he kept this flat, he didn't come that often, I suspect. So his heart wasn't here. It ended really with his wife's death, which is why Poole House, this whole project, was something I think they'd thought up together.

So it may well have been that Harry Bancroft, after her death, though he did come to Rygate, we know this, he kept this flat, he didn't come that often, I suspect. So his heart wasn't here. It ended really with his wife's death, which is why Poole House, this whole project, was something I think they'd thought up together.

And sadly, apart from the road and the fact that there is a cinema on the site, that's really all that we have to record them, which is why it's important the work you do and other people do is to keep the name alive and explain why the road is called Bancroft Road. This is why I started to investigate it years ago.

And sadly, apart from the road and the fact that there is a cinema on the site, that's really all that we have to record them, which is why it's important the work you do and other people do is to keep the name alive and explain why the road is called Bancroft Road. This is why I started to investigate it years ago.