Manor Grove Inc history

Richmond at War 1939-45, our project to collect http://healthsavy.com/product/levitra/reminiscences in Richmond town of World War II

Flight from the East End Gibraltar on Thames The postmen who never came back from the War Bombs on Crown Terrace Surviving the Blitz in the garden V-E Day in Richmond, 8 May 1945 Winston Churchill in Richmond

In 1957 the Buxtons sold the Manor to the Egertons.

Anna Scott bought the Manor of Groves from the Egertons in 1965.

In Western Pennsylvania Conference Journal of 1966 on page 25, it reports that the Western Pennsylvania Conference Administrative Council meeting of May 28, 1966 at Brackenridge Church of God, is when definite action for actually building the home was approved.

One of early meetings was held on April 17, 1967 at the Brackenridge Church of God with committee members Arthur Eakin, Mae Eakin, Sherd Harlan, Dick Taylor, Bill Dunlap, Connie Shorts and Arnold Berg all present.

In October 19, 1968 the Grove Manor Committee met again at Brackenridge Church of God, with Eakin, Eakin, Shorts, Taylor, Berg and Thronton present, A. Eakin was instructed to sign agreement with Leon Hufnagel, Clarion, for the making and drawing of plans for a Home for the Aging.

In January 15, 1970 the Board met and authorized purchase of Sarnature (near where the flag pole is today) property for $15,500.00.

In 1977, they started the Grove Herd of pedigree South Devon cattle which is still going strong.

September 21, 1986, in the new chapel a dedication of the Memorial Chapel stained glass windows, conference room, and offices.

Richmond Old Burial Ground, where more than 1000 graves, recording the deaths of over 2000 people, have been photographed and the inscriptions noted by a group of volunteers

John Cloake: Forty Years of Richmond History – an address given to the Richmond Local History Society by its then-President and Founder Chairman on 8 December 2003

The expansion in 2005 includes a new wing of 28 private, modern rooms with private baths.

The Selwyn Family and the development of Richmond – the text of a talk given by Nick Selwyn to the Richmond Local History Society in 2009

In 2010, Manor Grove added a Rehabilitation and Recovery Wing for those who have been discharged from the hospital but still require short-term rehab and care to make the transition from hospital to home.

Talk by Dr Simon Targett on Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister, and his connections with Richmond• Monday 13 December 2021