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4 unusual facts about Percy Thrower


Arthur Billitt

He took over from the first presenter Percy Thrower who in 1976 invoked the wrath of the BBC by falling foul of their 'no advertising' policy and was fired for endorsing fertilisers on TV.

Bothy

The most famous person to live in a bothy of this type was Percy Thrower when he worked in the Royal gardens.

Sutton Farm

Not far down the road that skirts Sutton Farm, almost opposite Percy Thrower’s Garden Centre, is a mediaeval chapel, now used as Shrewsbury Greek Orthodox Church.

Van Hage

The garden centre was formally opened by Percy Thrower, the top national gardening celebrity of the 1970s.


Shiu-Kay Kan

The garbage architectural design of a conservatory built of secondary wastes of tin cans, cardboard and Watney beer crates, caused a lot of attention from the press and Shiu-Kay appeared on Blue Peter, presented by John Noakes and Percy Thrower.


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