Hayfields on Sowcar Farm. Country Cafe on Spuley Lane in the background. Matha Stubbs, nee Lomas.
Categories: Farm
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Len Stubbs in the snow at Sowcar farm
Len Stubbs recalls the German POWs who dug out the snow on Ingersley Road and Blaze Hill. It took 3 days to dig out Blaze Hill then the snow blew back again in one night. the Germans camped in outbuildings at Sowcar Farm. A German officer in a long leather coat marched about supervising and had a brazier to warm his hands.
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Sowcar Farm in the snow.
John Stubbs, the farmer at Sowcar, has a bag around his shoulders for warmth. Photograph taken in the gateway of the farm.
