Nicolas M. Broadbridge

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Welcome to the web site! This is its first appearance, and we intend to develop various parts of it more as time goes on. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions, problems getting anything to download, or simple criticisms, please do get in touch. The purpose of this site is to offer information about Nicolas Broadbridge, The Assembly Players and their two sub-groupings 'A&B' and 'B&B', their extending list of recordings, other books and recordings stocked by Nicolas, the two Country Dance groups run by Nicolas and Nell (Glasgow and Edinburgh) and to acquaint you with the other side of his life, the breeding of Bearded Collies. This web site has been designed and developed by Brian Prentice, from material supplied by Nicolas, using Claris Homepage and is best viewed using Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape Navigator 4.7 or higher.   A Brief Biography After a conventional school education, Nicolas worked for a year at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, then trained in Horticulture at Pershore Institute of Horticulture in Worcestershire. He worked at Sunningdale Nurseries (Berkshire), a small Botanic Garden at Englefield Green (Surrey) and then as Manager of a small Garden Centre in Muswell Hill (London). Marriage in 1969 prompted another change of job, and he became Head Gardener at Crarae, Loch Fyne, on the west coast of Scotland, where he and his wife spent the next four years. In 1973 they bought Linnmill, a smallholding in Lanarkshire, keeping Goats (Toggenburgs), Sheep (Ryelands) and the Bearded Collies Nicolas had had since 1964. They also ran a Dog Boarding Kennels there until 1996. Aidan (son) was born in 1974, and shewed early on a great aptitude for Country Dance and Morris. He learnt Piano and Violin from the age of seven, and was playing the violin for Country Dancing by the age of eleven, later going on to Conservatoire to become a professional musician. He continues to play Violin/Fiddle and Piano for Country Dancing. Country Dancing has run through Nicolas' life since about 1950. Other interests have been singing (considered as a career at one stage), classical music (as a listener), music for dancing (as an Accordionist) and the dogs.

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