Miss Betty Homan
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE COURT TO-NIGHT, MAY 23 MISS BETTY HOMAN. Miss Betty Homan is the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Homan, of The Canons, Mitcham, and is a beautiful blonde. She is being presented at the Court to-night, May 23, by her godmother, Mrs. Lester Reid, the wife of Lieut. -Col. Lester Reid. of Thorpe Mandeville Manor, Banbury.
Source: The Sketch – Wednesday 23 May 1928 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
The lavender harvest. From photographs taken at Mitcham, Surrey, during the latter part of August.
Source: The Sketch – Wednesday 10 September 1902 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)
Cutters at work. This lavender is growing on four-year-old roots.
In the track of the reapers
Collecting and placing the lavender in mats
Pegging up the mats full of lavender
Carrying the mats of lavender to the waggon
Loading the waggon with lavender for the distillery, where the essential oil is extracted
Mitcham History Notes 