Lock Farm

A Memory of Partridge Green.

I remember Lock Farm; Mr Harvey used to ride around on his horse with a pair of binoculars. My father worked for him during the middle era of the war. We, as children, walked from Lock to school every day, Mr Gumbrell was the headmaster. I wonder if the clock is still up on the old barn? I was seven years old at the time. There was a saw mill at the farm run by a steam engine operated by George Walvin. Mr Daughtry was the herdsman and Harry Carter was tractor driver. I also remember the wooden clappers we used to have to walk on when the river Ader flooded. There was also a donkey and cart we used to ride about in. Just a few of my memories. John P.