tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post6492186759502742081..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Fernbank FarmTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-50093025554129386412013-01-25T21:10:57.853+00:002013-01-25T21:10:57.853+00:00just stopping by to say heyjust stopping by to say heyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-34123735263194845302011-04-04T20:09:54.971+01:002011-04-04T20:09:54.971+01:00I remember Fernbank Farm [only we didnt know it by...I remember Fernbank Farm [only we didnt know it by that name]. It was always Martin's Farm or the Smelly Farm. Old Mr Martin, Raymond's father, used to chase us if we went into his field at the top of Smithy Fold Road to take a short cut to the playground at Clough Gate. He was a bit scary really.Werneth Lownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-75263225305236291492010-07-26T18:47:47.919+01:002010-07-26T18:47:47.919+01:00I'd not heard of Oxford Road but found it on m...I'd not heard of Oxford Road but found it on my A-Z - that was before I scrolled down to the map above.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-41275090397701746802010-07-26T15:49:11.523+01:002010-07-26T15:49:11.523+01:00I seem to recall some cows there... but I can'...I seem to recall some cows there... but I can't place the farmer... mores the pity... I've added a few facts from the Annals Of Hyde.. to go along with the date 1838... it had stuck in my mind as I'd been reading about the Chartists.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-10809644070321825782010-07-26T15:43:04.386+01:002010-07-26T15:43:04.386+01:00The stone plaque is in my neighbours garden. We ga...The stone plaque is in my neighbours garden. We gave it Pride of place so the old farm never gets forgotten. Yes, the chickens were ones Raymond bred until someone came one night and nicked them all as they did his furniture. Do you remember him herding his cows up Lilly St ,to a field behind Hyde Hospital, single handedly ? he was such a character.:)Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-51195624898324199082010-07-26T15:36:35.155+01:002010-07-26T15:36:35.155+01:00I remember this farm well Nancy... I recall Chicke...I remember this farm well Nancy... I recall Chickens running about the yard at one time.... but it always looked on it's last legs and unkept... <br />I wonder what happen to the 1838 stone plaque, I hope it survived and one day gets pride of place in a garden or wall..Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.com