Chapter 5

Holt Hall Farm Liverpool, Tragedy and Deliverance

This episode I recall with little pleasure.

Having sorted out things at home, and as matters got no better in future years in dealing with them I always thought of myself as the juggler spinning plates, I went off to Holt Hall Farm. It was on the easterly outskirts of Liverpool at Gateacre, and for its day quite large, carrying a dairy herd of over 50 milking cows supplying milk locally. Holt Farm also had  pasture  and arable land of a considerable acreage. There were  no dogs,  sheep, pigs or hens.Continue Reading