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I think after the Lloyd family left, it was taken on by a family called Ryman who farmed there until the mid 80s after which i believe they left to live on canvey island . maybe new member old codger can tell you more ?.

here is another video i made of sandwell valley recently still a nice place to walk . link -

Great to hear your memories of hill top farm, cant believe it was so old !, i remember the two wooden supports holding the wall up, sadly i never got to go inside, so sad to see it now barely a brick left, cant remember the winter of 1963 i was only 8 years old , i hear it was a bad un !!, ...

pedrocut- glad i brought back some nice memory's, yes there is a large heronry on the pool ,cant remember it being there when i was young !

reply to a sparks - i think the footbridge you mention goes over the m5 motorway from priory wood to dartmouth park, .

many thanks glad you enjoyed it !

I made a 30 min video (very amateur) of the recent walk i did fom sivercroft avenue , hill top remains ,the german camps ,swan pool (watson pool) the sandwell and monastry . here is link for anyone interested - link -

So nice to hear about the ryman family who lived and farmed at hilltop , i only remember pam ,vaguely, but as kids we often walked past the farm on my way to play on the german camps as we called them ,sometime in mid 1960s, always remember the sound of the generator thumping away, ...