Parsonage Farm, Bredgar

A Memory of Bredgar.

I lived next door to John Veitch in Pond Farm Road, Borden. Sadly John passed away many years ago... John and his brother Sid owned Parsonage Farm. I spend as many hours as I could on the farm and can still smell the smell of the cows and in the summer the harvesting of the wheat. The tractor driver was John Luckhurst, he allowed me to ride on his tractor all the time. Health and Safety would have a fit these days... I was told that John Luckhurst also passed away.

I could not ride a bike so went everywhere on a triange scooter. We had a dog called Sooty who would, whenever he got a chance, run off to find a bitch in heat and I spent many hours scooting from Borden to Bredgar to find him and drag him back home..

This small enclave encompassing Borden - Oat Street - Bredgar was England at its best and for my part it is sadly missed...

I remember walking from Parsonage to the shop in the street to buy sweets when I had been given some pennies from John...