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Originally Posted by rosegrove
hi all spire farm i am sure i used to go to that farm and play with the farmers son is name was arthur it would be 1963 64 time anybody know of him but i remember that tower so i think it was there
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Hi Rosegrove. I was only 6 or 7 at the time so I'm not certain about the accuracy here but I think the Jacksons farmed at Spire Farm ( High Riley) until around 1953/4. My uncle bought it then. ( The less said about that the better!)
I lived there for a short while and used to play with the Jackson lads, Harry and Thomas. When I knew them they lived at High Riley Cottages. We used to walk down to St Paul's school together. I was scarred for life by the memories of terrible school dinners!!!
There were 2 lots of woods as I recall. One behind the cottages and one alongside the track leading up from Plantation Street.I'm ashamed to say that my uncle was responsible for selling off the trees for felling. I was very young at the time but I seem to have some recollection that the barn "caught fire" as well. I had moved to Blackpool by that time so I could be wrong.