b'a system with the dolly stick and tub, rinsing, starching and mangling before being put out to dry. If it was raining they were dried inside and I hated it! My mother ironed using two flat irons, one in the edge of the fire while she used the other till it cooled.One day of the week she baked. It was mass-productionmainly fruit pies and some savoury ones filled with sausage meat with an egg broken in the top (my Dads favourite). He took a packed lunch every day so everything got eaten. On Sunday our day was filled with churchJudy & Christine with pets in the shared back garden at No. 5 -and chapel. Morning, afternoonthats the Wilsons pig sty on the left and the Westsand evening. No chores werehen hut on the rightdone except meals. I used to long to go and play, but my Mumvillagers werebut I had a happy childhood, with was a strict Methodist. The Sunday Schools (morningfreedom to roam, something children dont have at church, afternoon at chapel) were well attended.today.We had a Tea Party on Whit Monday following theChildrens lives changed dramatically on going Anniversary to which we each had to take our ownto Woldgate School in 1958but that perhaps is cup and spoon (see the photo). another story.We were never well-off moneywisenot many The Farm That Time Nearly ForgotKate & Mike PrattAs a result of seeing a report in a Hull newspaperwith one of the houses being called Westfield. Both about Bishop Wiltons Evacuee Day in July 2001, Mrspossibilities proved to be dead-ends. Margaret Williamson of Withernsea got in touch toThe solution to the problem came by chance when see if we might have an old photo of Westfield Housedocuments were being consulted in the Archives at where her ancestor, John Banks, had farmed in thethe Brynmor Jones Library at Hull University. A farm 1800s. lease between Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere and Checks made in trade directories for the periodJohn Banks was discovered dated 1854 . It was confirmed the use of the name of Westfield oraccompanied by a list of the fields included in the Westfield House. In Kellys for 1872 and 1879 Johnfarm with names and acreages. The total acreage of Banks, Farmer, resided there; however, in Kellys for137 acres tallied with the figure shown against John 1889 and 1893 and in Bulmers for 1892, it was MrsBanks census entry for 1861. Although Westfield was Mary Dales, Farmer. A search of the census returnsthe name used in the census, the lease identified the provided more evidence for the existence of Banks atfarm as Bishop Wilton Grange. Problem solved! The West Field: they were there between1841 and 1881.Grange exists today and it is known by that name.In 1861 the farm had 137 acres and 1 farm worker,Westfield was a logical name. The farm buildings in 1871 it had 200 acres with 2 men and a boy, andwould have been built at the most westerly point in 1881 it had 220 acres with no information aboutin the township of Bishop Wilton probably after workers. enclosure in 1772. More importantly the farm was With farm names not having changed muchsituated in the old West Field, one of the townships over the years a number of locals were quizzed butthree open fields. Sledmere and the locals obviously to no avail; no-one knew of the use of the name orhad separate names for the farm and these were used which farm it could have applied to. It was wonderedin parallel until the 20th century when The Grange whether West End Farm on Main Street could haveprevailed. Unfortunately for Mrs Williamson, no early had a name change, or whether there could havephotograph is known to exist.been two dwellings associated with one farmstead BULLETIN 7 101'