Imagine fields lying fallow for 30 years. 

Grass and wild flowers, insects of all kinds. Hares and birds with skylarks making wonderful song as they ascend. A natural paradise.

In 2023 it is now called Badger Farm. From a Wintonian born in the Brooks 1941.

J.A. Maguire,
Wavell Way,
Stanmore,
Winchester

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