Donkeys

A Memory of Riddings.

When I was growing up a family called Judge lived in the house at the top right of this photo and I used to play with the son and daughter. They had a small field, which is still there at the front of the house, with their two donkeys in it. They also had a climbing frame with swings abd a see-saw. I remember thinking they were quite posh. The field to the left, belonged to the Oakes family and we had hours of fun making dens and playing hide an seek in the long grass till the farmer we called 'Fat Cap' (he was fat and wore a flat cap!) turned up on his tractor and we legged it.