'a place where the house-proud women of the north can discover the real secrets of way to run their homes economically and at the same time with the minimum of drudgery, to make them places really worth living in'

'If there are four things more than any others that are outstanding in their attraction to young and old they are:

• The main super-flat in the gallery of the main hall.
• The magnificent rock gardens in the new hall.
• The wonderful Noah's Ark, with its collection of animals and pets, and
• The collection of pedigree dogs, valued at £12,000 housed on the bridge.

Yesterday... the superior-looking dogs were the envy of their less well-bred canine kind.'