MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

TOY MAKER MANDA MCGRORY SHOWS US HER FAVOURITE PLACES ON THE ISLAND SHE HAS COME TO CALL HOME

Words: CLARE GOGERTY

“I THOUGHT, ‘I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY ANY MORE. I WANT TO LIVE SOMEWHERE BEAUTIFUL’” “One of the first things I did before we bought this house was crouch down where the bed would be and make sure I could see the sea,” says Manda McGrory of her home on the Isle of Wight. Manda moved to the island from Leeds, in search of a place to raise her daughters, Bella (14) and Lily (11), and in need of a change. “I thought, ‘I don’t want to live in a city any more’,” she says. “‘I want to live somewhere beautiful.’” An internet search for an affordable property that could accommodate three generations of her family (her father came, too), took her to Brighstone (“The best village on the…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2019

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