The Hunt was not welcome on the Estate
Acknowledgement: Acknowledgements
When Mr Carder owned the estate the hunt was never allowed on the estate he believed that under no circumstance were a bunch of people most of which did not own land of their own going to ride across his land making a mess, plus disturbing the pheasants.
When Mr and Mrs Bayliss took over the estate the feelings were even more strong they both disliked organised shooting so hunting was a no no, we were told that we were to stop the hunt coming on Buildwas at all costs.
Pops had caught some of the hunt on the estate when I was quite young and had always said that after the run in with them it left you on a high after venting your feelings to someone who deserved it, mind you the horse and rider didn’t like it much when Pops was right behind them and I mean right behind on a Furguson tractor, each time the horse slowed down he revved the engine to add that little bit of urgency to the retreat.
The sounds of dogs
Years later I had been in the garden when Margaret said where was the sound of dogs coming from round the Farley road, it was obviously the hunt, the sound was coming from the Farley bank area on the road to Much Wenlock, Pops and myself jumped in the van to go and see where they were.
On reaching Lawless Cross we could see the hunt followers coming off the estate ground over the stone bridge to the road, the sound of the hound was still coming from further up the road, I dropped Pops of and carried on to the top of the Farley Bank (before the road was improved), at the top of the bank is a gate that was used for timber extraction, the horses were on the estate side of the gate with the hounds running up and down the main road.
Mike Guy
Buildwas Park
