Child Okeford, The Manor c.1900
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Memories of Child Okeford, the Manor c1900
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Child Okeford, The Manor c.1900
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I went to Childe Okeford 24th June 1946 as a 19 yr old Land Girl ( Connie Rogers) working for Walty Francis - Melways Farm.
One of the hardest winters on record 1947 I remember going out to fetch the cows, the snow was so deep nearly up to the top of my wellies. Pipes carrying the milk from the milking parlour to the
dairy were frozen solid and Walty had to climb up with a piece of lighted paper to thaw pipes ...see more
I can remember in the late 1940s Gymkhanas being held in the field behind the Manor, then owned by Mister Glazebrook.
I remember after one very large lady had done her jumping round one of the locals shouting "Now thee get off and give the hoss (horse) a ride".
As children I also remember standing round the same fields at harvest time armed with sticks in the hope we could kill a rabbit as they ran out of the corn.
I lived and worked at the manor from Sept 1986 to around May 1988, if anyone remembers me and wants to get in touch please email. j.goodwin007@hotmail.co.uk
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