Model citizens who created mini village
MEN on Sunday|May 14, 2023
Only memories remain from attraction that took decade to build
- LEE GRIMSDITCH
Model citizens who created mini village

A MINIATURE village built in the front garden of a family home has sadly now disappeared forever.

The home-made hamlet was built by council gardener Alan Teague, who sold the house in Levenshulme in 1993 following his retirement and moved to Devon.

The tiny garden village included a pub, church, thatched cottages, post office, grocery and bakery with opening doors and lace-edged curtains.

It was built purely for the enjoyment of the neighbourhood and his family and even featured a sign that read: "You may walk around if you wish."

Alan began building his pire in 1979, helped by his partner and fellow gardener, Nigel Joynson.

Both Alan, a foreman gardener with Manchester corporation at Wythenshawe Park, and Nigel, the curator at the Fletcher Moss Botanical Gardens in Didsbury, spent years making their little empire look realistic. The project was finally completed in 1988 and came with intricate details like tiny glass windows and real electric lights.

The bakers even had miniature cakes in the windows and there were flowerbeds and tiny bicycles.

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