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Family Portrait: 4. The de Greys of Merton Hall

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Film about the de Grey family, comprising reminiscences, illustrated with still photographs, by Avis Spurway about her mother, Odeyne de Grey, who married the Rev. Francis Hodgson of Clopton House, with topics including: the formation of a String Band at Clopton House the involvement of the family, c. 1909 onwards, in Shakespeare Costume Balls and local folk dancing the management by Odeyne Hodgson of the VAD [Voluntary Aid Detachment] Hospital at the Town Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, and at Clopton House, from 1915 Maker: BBC Bristol