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My dad Clifford Holt, as a boy, lived at number 11 Washington Street. From there he had a paper round which included either Spire Farm or High Riley Farm, or both, I can't remember now.

I worked out this must have been around 1935 or 1936. His round involved the Plantation Street area.

When he got to the top of Plantation Street he would walk up to the farms, hand the farmer his paper, get on the farmers' horse and ride it bare-back down the lane to the bottom field to graze, and then finish his round before going off to school at Woodnook.

The farmer gave him special permission to do this and he was very proud of the chance to ride a horse.