The picture of Riber (above) was taken from the garden of 45 (later 12), Lynholmes Road, on the first days of the Hurst Farm Estate development in the 1950s. The field in front of the house belonged to an old character called Johnny Else who lived in an old farm house where the shop opposite the Lindens, (formerly Nalgo House), was sited on Lime Tree Road. He used to have the local lads chopping logs for him and also haymaking in the field shown.

It certainly spoiled the view of Riber and Mornington Rise after the houses were built.

Below is a similar view, taken when the leaves were on the trees in about 1947. On the right you can see part of the Drill Hall on Lime Tree Road. The photograph was taken using a Kodak Box Brownie Camera that was made in the 1920s.