Wendy Lancaster
Co owner and Director at Tyler Grange, expert witness specialising in LVIA and Green Belt Review on strategic sites - Pragmatic professional producing high quality work and great fun to work with.
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I left home when I was 17.I lived in a caravan with no hot running water, washing in the kitchen sink (once we got one). The windows and the roof leaked and there was a hole in the floor that foxes used to try and come in.My five A levels (all predicted As) and my dream of being a vet disappeared, and I paid my rent by washing pots in a nearby pub, working my way up to become a chef (if you've ever wondered why I swear so much). I lived off 'acquired' army ration packs and any food I could scrounge from work.I don't regret any of it because it got me to where I am today in a job and a co-owner of a company that I love.This month I was made a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and I'm incredibly honoured.Our gorgeous London team bought me this wine and I finally got the chance to sit down and enjoy it at the weekend and take a moment to remind myself how far I've come.Cheers to the journey and to feeling like you've finally arrived.
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Mark Thomas
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Fair Play Wendy you are and will always be an inspiration
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Vikramjit Bharaj
Urban Designer/ Architect
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Your courage, resolve and determination is absolute. A true warrior in every sense. Keep it up and yes the wine bottle
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Wing Lai FLI FRSA
Principal Landscape Architect & EDN Vice Chair, Fellow LI, Fellow RSA
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Well done Wendy. Never doubted your trajectory to fellowship.
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Tom Stroud
Associate | Design Leader | Integrated Delivery | Cities, Planning & Design | Arup
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Many congratulations Wendy. Very well done. Not to take away from your amazing post, but you missed off surviving university with a bunch of delinquent reprobates 😂
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Oli Magnuson CMLI
Commercial Manager - Oxford Garden Design
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Congratulations Wendy. Well done. Also.....what creature is attempting to escape from the the top of that bottle??
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James Parker
Director at Hub Transport Planning Ltd
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It's such an inspiring story Wendy. I can still remember you telling me at the Inquiry last year over dinner and my jaw dropping further and further as you explained more and more lolAwesome work. Well done. 👏👏
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Catherine Bunting Ⓥ 🌱
Team Leader at Prospectus. A Recruitment Specialist - Focused on People and the Planet.
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Well done doesn't seem enough. Everything that we do, or that happens contributes to the next thing. Great to hear your story, and you deserve every success 👏
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