Looking back at the last 25 years
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Merryhatton previously, we believe circa 1995.
1997 - hello Merryhatton!
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This photo highlights the small shop from which Merryhatton first operated
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Highlighting the first shop as seen from the entrance gate
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This shows the interior of the first shop in January 1997
- it felt quite spacious at the time!
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The entrance needed to be cleared
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And so it was! A fence was added at the back to hide the unsightly tunnels
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Canopies were erected to make browsing the plants a more pleasant experience
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The small greenhouse became the houseplant area
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Paving and paint soon brightened it up
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We even had a mini desert scene!
1998 - difficult decisions
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The greenhouses were originally used for bedding plant production
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The tunnels were also used for growing
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But the condition of the buildings and inefficient heating made it impossible to continue plant production
1999 - the shop's too small!
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Meantime we'd outgrown the first shop so the section of the big greenhouse shown here became our new shop
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This gave us lots more room and a chance to make the entrance more inviting.
2005 - the time has come to replace the old buildings
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Work started in 2005 when the new canopies were erected on the site of the old tunnels and by the end of 2006 was transformed from this ....
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..... to this! The new building sits where the old tunnels were and the car park is on the site of the old greenhouses