Seldom Seen Farm
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Description
"This e-mail was sent by Diane Godfrey on 5th May 2008 and gives an insight into life in rural Northumberland in the 1950's. Coming to Northumberland by train must have been a great adventure. I was absolutely thrilled to see your photo of Seldom Seen. In the 1950's this was the farm nearest to my granny's cottage, Ladyshield, which is about a quarter of a mile due north of here. Mr Armstrong was the shepherd and he and his wife lived at Seldom Seen. They kept a few cows and poultry. My job was to take the tiny (1 pint) milk churn to Seldom Seen twice a day. Sometimes I went through the gate and sometimes I went through the field. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1200621 Then on the 24th November 2011 I was contacted by Keith and George Armstrong who are cousins. Keith Armstrong: I don't suppose you have contact details of the person from south yorkshire who sent the photo of Ladyshield as the Armstrongs they talk about were my grandparents. George Armstrong: My Grandparents, George and Eleanor Armstrong were tenant farmers in this property until the mid 1950's. Many thanks for your info, Keith is my cousin, his dad and my dad were brothers, sons of the shepherd George Armstrong, when we were children Seldom Seen was the holiday for all the grandchildren, seemed like the edge of the world then." Photo by Les Hull, 2007. -
Owner
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Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/435525
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
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Picture Taken: 2007-05-16 -
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