There is haymaking and harvest, family arriving from Canada, Pony Club, Southampton Carnival, cricket, football and summer outings. Mother and the family also take to Southampton Water to see the…
Welcome back to My Mother’s Diaries – The HiltonburyFarming Family Story, and to May and June 1952.These two months begin beneath grey skies, with seeminglyendless rain and continuing concern about my…
May and June 1952 bring rain, farm work, family life and a welcome holiday in Bournemouth. Back at Hiltonbury, haymaking begins, John continues to struggle with his back, and there is real sadness…
Autumn is settling over Hiltonbury Farm, and September and October 1952 bring a wonderful mixture of hard work, family life and the small rituals that mark the changing seasons.There are sloes to…
Spring is trying very hard to arrive — but winter has not finished with the family just yet.March brings rain, mud, thunderstorms and even heavy snow, while Father struggles with poor health and…
Welcome back to My Mother’s Diaries.In this episode, we return to Hiltonbury Farm for March and April 1952 — two months when winter finally begins to give way to spring.March brings rain, mud,…
Welcome back to My Mother’s Diaries and to Hiltonbury Farm in January and February 1952.A new year begins with all the familiar rhythms of family and farming life — children returning to school, wet…
Welcome back to My Mother’s Diaries.In this episode, we return to Hiltonbury Farm as a new year begins — January and February 1952.Winter has settled over the farm. There is rain, frost, snow and mud,…
As 1951 draws to a close, life at Hiltonbury Farm is as busy, unpredictable and wonderfully ordinary as ever.November arrives with relentless rain, muddy farmyards and washing drying in the kitchen,…
I’m Andy # Andy Vining… and this a trailer for My Mother’s Diaries. on Sunday 16th AugustIn this next episode, we return to Hiltonbury Farm for the final two months of 1951.And November begins… with…
