Pond Farm was one of the hill farms of our parish. These days it is in a part of Easterton which the military authorities on Salisbury Plain have completely closed to the public. Our old photo, taken in the Edwardian era, shows the bustling farm, with house, cottages and associated buildings and a really well used track across Salisbury Plain.
Pond Farm, Easterton in about 1908
Our second photo shows the same scene before it was closed to the public but long after the farm had vanished.. It was taken in 1977 and it portrays the bleak emptiness of the Salisbury Plain landscape. The trackway was still clearly visible, but no longer bore the hallmarks of heavy use.
The site of Pond Farm in 1977
Let’s take a look at the photos as a kind of two shot slideshow.
It would be good if the path across to Pond Farm could be re-opened, like the re-opened Jubilee Path in Market and West Lavington.
Tags: 1908, 1977, Easterton, farming, Military, Museum, Pond Farm, Salisbury Plain
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November 24, 2014 at 5:43 am |
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