Claverdon, Claverdon Hall c.1960
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Photo of Claverdon, Claverdon Hall c.1960

Memories of Claverdon, Claverdon Hall c1960

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My dad worked on the farm from 1955 to1971, he was called Eugen Luczynski. I have many happy memories of life then; we lived in a farm cottage on Yarningale Common surrounded by the fields belonging to the farm - I remember summer evenings watching the combine harvester or the baler and sometimes I would be allowed to ride back to the farm on top of the stack of straw bales, dodging the trees on the way! The farm had beef ...see more
My name is Jean, trying to trace memories of my father, Sidney Rawlins - son of Charles and Emmy Rawlins and his brothers Roland and Gilbert and their sister Lucy.
I used to work on the farm for a couple of years 1962-63 during my school holidays, mostly driving the Massey Ferguson combine harvester, working with an Eugene Luchinski who was a friend of my family and worked full time on the farm. I remember my mother having a fit when she found out I had been sitting on the back of the Freisian bull the farm had.
My grandfather, William Harwood, leased the "Ganaway Farm" from a Lady Trevelyan in the early 1900's. It is my understanding that the Ganaway Farm was part of or very near the Claverdon Park Farm. I haven't been able to locate any information about the Ganaway Farm, other than what has been written by my English forbearswho have long since passed away. Does anyone have any information about where this ...see more