Damming the stream: A memory of Huddersfield

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A Memory of Huddersfield.

I played here in the 1940/50s for many hours. Damming up the stream to make a large deep pool to paddle in. Under that tree we would hide special pebbles pretending they were jewels. One little friend fell in the stream everytime she went to play. I could also climb that tree, which was not the easiest. Other times I would try to walk all the way up the stream without going onto the grass. I was also lucky enough to remember old fashioned haymaking and haystacks in the field before it was stacked on to the trailer and up to the Storth Farm.

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Added 02 December 2014

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This view also brings back many memories. My Grandfather Riley Barker farmed this land and later was taken over by my father and two of his brothers. Haymaking was hard work all done by hand. Later a tractor and trailer were used instead of 'Tommy' the old cart horse and one night as rain threatened was forecasted for the next day haymaking continued until midnight.

By Joan Wilman on Tue Sep 11th 2018, at 9:16 pm

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