Model Village, built in Finsbury Park in the 1940s.
The village was built by a retiree called Edgar Wilson, a man of humble circumstances . Wilson was a hobby…
Model Village, built in Finsbury Park in the 1940s.
The village was built by a retiree called Edgar Wilson, a man of humble circumstances . Wilson was a hobby…
Model Village, Finsbury Park
Model Village, built in Finsbury Park in the 1940s.
The village was built by a retiree called Edgar Wilson, a man of humble circumstances . Wilson was a hobbyist who built this sculpture, along with at least two others, in his little garden at 70 Hamilton Road, West Norwood, south London. He donated the largest of the four villages to Melbourne, and gave the others to Vauxhall Park, Finsbury Park and Brockwell Park in London. (The model houses in Vauxhall Park were largely rebuilt in 2000-01, and Brockwell Park has just two badly damaged cottages that lie forgotten near a bush inside the park.)