As the ancient centre of the historical Hadleigh Royal Park, the former home of the park keeper, which we now know as Park Farm, is again in the news after years of neglect, so I have dug out some of my memories of the place from a snowy winter decades ago. It will be great to see the building being saved, especially if it can be saved intact…
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Thank you, Ian. I’m glad I did not dream the windmill. What we need now is a picture of it. There is another more tenuous possibility of a mill in Hadleigh. A plot called ‘Millfield’ between Solbys Lane and Rectory Road had a pond lined with ancient willows, most of which have now succumbed to age. Did Solbys ever have a windmill?
Yes, I remember the windmill, it was an iron construction for pumping water up to a large tank for use on the farm. It could be clearly seen from the London Road.
I remember the post box well, as a youngster in the 1930s, I used to post mail in the box for my parents. We lived at Dorlie, No 72 Castle Road West.
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