Growing Up In Highbrook

A Memory of Highbrook.

My brother Tony and I lived with our grandparents Mr and Mrs Ford at 112 Watney Cottages. What a magical time we had, we knew all neighbours and doors were always open. We would collect the cows in for milking with grandad, and how the fresh milk tasted fantastic in the hot chocolate our nan would make. We collected conkers, chestnuts, blackberries and hazelnuts from the fields or lanes. I used to wind the church clock up every night either with grandad or Harry Rothwel. We had a christmas market in the village hall - the village had 12 houses, 1 farm, 1 village hall and a walled play park consisting of 1 swing. The church is now the resting place of our grandparents and lots of their friends. When visiting the graves the good childhood times come back and I still think of it as home even though I now live in lincolnshire. Highbrook was a small hamlet and a lovely place to grow up in the 60's.