Frederick Hester : A brief history in pictures - Page 6b : The Family / Winter Gardens
This photo is of Frederick's twin daughters, Lily and Rose which was taken at the time of the Hester development at Canvey. Thanks to Paul Chetwin for his help in obtaining these photos and Len Maylin for kindly giving permission.
Photo (c) by kind permission of Len Maylin
Around 1902 Frederick started to develop his very own £10,000 version of the Crystal Palace called "The Vermuyden Summer & Winter Gardens". It became known just as the Winter Gardens and consisted of about 2 miles (6 miles was planned) of attractions including botanical gardens housed in greenhouses running south to the lake from behind the properties on the right of the picture below. You can also see Frederick's Swiss bungalow behind what could be the Mono Rail ticket office (left).
Temple Bar - Hester's Swiss bungalow can
be seen behind the trees on the left