Andrew Brian and Mildred 1994 to date
When Andrew took over as farmer, he continued with Brian's yard and parlour, but the conditions for making a financially successful business were becoming extremely difficult and Waterside was proving to be too small.
During this period there was a move to sell farm buildings for conversion into housing. Andrew decided to follow this trend , and in 2002, farming at Waterside came to an end after 160 or so years.
Andrew retained the farmhouse, orchard, original dairy and 30 acres of land. this included the house field, the big meadow, the front field and what was referred to as the coppices, which were two paddocks with a high stone wall around them. In the middle, between the two fields there was a barn with a loose box ( a loose box is an area that is walled off with a door in which stock was kept).
In Bert's time one of the coppices housed his bull. Some time in the past they had housed horses and the barn had been a house.
During Brian's stewardship the high walls started to fall down and the move was to have larger field more accessible to machinery, so the walls were removed. the remaining land was sold to Mr & Mrs Dickand Pamela White, ownwer of The Barn (originally referred to as Ann Wright's).
So the majority of the land which Richard Mackereth gained in 1860 reverted back to Ann wright's farm.
Andrew in 2012/13 reroofed and upgraded Waterside farmhouse to bring it up to modern standards of insulation, heating and accommodation.
Maurice remembers
" the house was nice in summer but an icebox in winter. The first night after electricity was installed, in the autumn of 1936, we discovered all the draughts. They were caused by the fires drawing air under the doors. up till electricity being installed the radio was fed by batteries which were recharged at a garage in Lancaster."
During this period there was a move to sell farm buildings for conversion into housing. Andrew decided to follow this trend , and in 2002, farming at Waterside came to an end after 160 or so years.
Andrew retained the farmhouse, orchard, original dairy and 30 acres of land. this included the house field, the big meadow, the front field and what was referred to as the coppices, which were two paddocks with a high stone wall around them. In the middle, between the two fields there was a barn with a loose box ( a loose box is an area that is walled off with a door in which stock was kept).
In Bert's time one of the coppices housed his bull. Some time in the past they had housed horses and the barn had been a house.
During Brian's stewardship the high walls started to fall down and the move was to have larger field more accessible to machinery, so the walls were removed. the remaining land was sold to Mr & Mrs Dickand Pamela White, ownwer of The Barn (originally referred to as Ann Wright's).
So the majority of the land which Richard Mackereth gained in 1860 reverted back to Ann wright's farm.
Andrew in 2012/13 reroofed and upgraded Waterside farmhouse to bring it up to modern standards of insulation, heating and accommodation.
Maurice remembers
" the house was nice in summer but an icebox in winter. The first night after electricity was installed, in the autumn of 1936, we discovered all the draughts. They were caused by the fires drawing air under the doors. up till electricity being installed the radio was fed by batteries which were recharged at a garage in Lancaster."
