{"id":18698,"date":"2021-08-30T22:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T22:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/?p=18698"},"modified":"2021-08-31T00:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T00:30:18","slug":"edgemere-a-talk-with-hester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/edgemere-a-talk-with-hester\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgemere: A Talk With Hester"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Edgemere2-20-1.jpg” title_text=”Edgemere2-20″ _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Memories of Edgemere 1915-1922(?)<\/h4>\n

Hester Spriggs (1905-2003), daughter of William Spriggs and Alice Hayward, was raised in Acock’s Green, near Birmingham, England. In 1915, when Hester was nine, the family immigrated to an apple farm called Edgemere in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_audio audio=”https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Hester-Memories-of-Edgemere.mp3″ image_url=”https:\/\/www.newearthvillage.com\/spriggs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/EdgemerePS-3310.jpg” _builder_version=”4.10.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_audio][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memories of Edgemere 1915-1922(?) Hester Spriggs (1905-2003), daughter of William Spriggs and Alice Hayward, was raised in Acock’s Green, near Birmingham, England. 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