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Alan Titchmarsh: ‘It came as a disappointment to Dad when I wanted to be a gardener, but he hid it well’

Alan Titchmarsh’s father wasn’t much of a gardener — but further back in his family tree were many green-fingered forbears, and he still uses many of their tools despite them being over a century old.

‘Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn’… words that we are accustomed to hearing at this time of year in relation to those who gave their lives in the two World Wars. They are words of great solemnity, yet I find myself musing upon them when it comes to…

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