Dick & Hilda West - Revision history

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 '''1n 1937 Dick and Hilda's son, John Richard West was born.'''
+click [[1934-1948 Stocken Farm with landlord Ernest Smith and tenants Dick & Hilda West]] for more pictures of young Richard.
 '''TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?'''

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	[[File:Stocken Farm 1935 10.jpg\|left\|thumb\|'Grandad' Crook ( Hilda's father) and John]]		[[File:Stocken Farm 1935 10.jpg\|left\|thumb\|'Grandad' Crook ( Hilda's father) and John]]
	'''1n 1937 Dick and Hilda's son, John Richard West was born.'''		'''1n 1937 Dick and Hilda's son, John Richard West was born.'''
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 [[File:Stocken Farm 1935 10.jpg|left|thumb|'Grandad' Crook ( Hilda's father) and John]]
 '''1n 1937 Dick and Hilda's son, John Richard West was born.'''
 '''TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?'''

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 '''CRAZY OR COURAGEOUS?'''
-Little by little, by sheer grit and hard work, they got on their feet.   Dick was a careful man, certainly not a gambler, yet taking Stocken Farm when people were leaving the land wholesale, was an unimaginable gamble
+Little by little, by sheer grit and hard work, they got on their feet.   Dick was a careful man, certainly not a gambler, yet taking Stocken Farm when people were leaving the land wholesale, was an unimaginable gamble.
 '''TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?'''

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	DICK and HILDA WEST of [[Stocken Farm\|STOCKEN FARM]] by [[Joan West]] (daughter in law)		DICK and HILDA WEST of [[Stocken Farm\|STOCKEN FARM]] by [[Joan West]] (daughter in law)

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 '''TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?'''
-In 1948 Dick and Hilda West had the opportunity to buy [[Stocken Farm]].    Dick, now 37, who had never borrowed in his life, bolstered by terrific faith from his wife and insistent advice from a friend, took courage, took a mortgage from the friend, and set out to make the 190 acres of Stocken Farm their own.    As in 1934, every penny had to be made to count.
+In 1948 Dick and Hilda West had the opportunity to buy [[Stocken Farm]].    Dick, now 37, who had never borrowed in his life, bolstered by terrific faith from his wife and insistent advice from a friend, took courage, took a mortgage from the friend, and set out to make the 190 acres of Stocken Farm their own.    As in 1934, every penny had to be made to count.   click [[Stocken Farm with Dick & Hilda West]] for the years before R M West was formed in 1957
 '''1957 PROGRESS to DATE'''

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 The milking herd consists of 30 pedigree Ayrshires and 25 Ayrshires crossed with Friesian.   All replacements are reared on the farm, and in addition bulling heifers are bought to graze the outlying land and then sold at calving.   There is no permanent grass on the farm and the milking herd is strip- grazed after a cut of silage has been taken.
-In 1981 Dick remarried to Margery Smith.    click [[Ted & Margery Smith]] for more about Margery
+'''1979.   Death of Hilda West.'''
 '''1983 Death of Dick West by Ted Janes''', editor of Hallmark.  Dick West (as we knew him) came to Lacey Green with his wife Hilda in the 30's and bought Stocken Farm.   With hard work and obvious know how he set about making the farm one of the best managed and efficient farms in the area.

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 The milking herd consists of 30 pedigree Ayrshires and 25 Ayrshires crossed with Friesian.   All replacements are reared on the farm, and in addition bulling heifers are bought to graze the outlying land and then sold at calving.   There is no permanent grass on the farm and the milking herd is strip- grazed after a cut of silage has been taken.
-In 1981 Dick remarried to Margery Smith.    click [[Ted & Margery Smith]] for more
+In 1981 Dick remarried to Margery Smith.    click [[Ted & Margery Smith]] for more about Margery
-'''1983 Death of Dick West by Ted Janes''', editor of Hallmark.  Dick Wes (as we knew him) came to Lacey Green with his wife Hilda in the 30's and bought Stocken Farm.   With hard work and obvious know how he set about making the farm one of the best managed and efficient farms in the area.
+'''1983 Death of Dick West by Ted Janes''', editor of Hallmark.  Dick West (as we knew him) came to Lacey Green with his wife Hilda in the 30's and bought Stocken Farm.   With hard work and obvious know how he set about making the farm one of the best managed and efficient farms in the area.
 He became very involved in Buckinghamshire farm circles, and very respected throughout the farming fraternity.
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 Dick was keenly interested in village affairs, a great fan of Hallmark.   Certainly his happy face will be sorely missed in the village.
 Our sympathy goes to 2nd wife Margery and son John.
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	The milking herd consists of 30 pedigree Ayrshires and 25 Ayrshires crossed with Friesian. All replacements are reared on the farm, and in addition bulling heifers are bought to graze the outlying land and then sold at calving. There is no permanent grass on the farm and the milking herd is strip- grazed after a cut of silage has been taken.		The milking herd consists of 30 pedigree Ayrshires and 25 Ayrshires crossed with Friesian. All replacements are reared on the farm, and in addition bulling heifers are bought to graze the outlying land and then sold at calving. There is no permanent grass on the farm and the milking herd is strip- grazed after a cut of silage has been taken.
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		+	In 1981 Dick remarried to Margery Smith. click [[Ted & Margery Smith]] for more

	'''1983 Death of Dick West by Ted Janes''', editor of Hallmark. Dick Wes (as we knew him) came to Lacey Green with his wife Hilda in the 30's and bought Stocken Farm. With hard work and obvious know how he set about making the farm one of the best managed and efficient farms in the area.		'''1983 Death of Dick West by Ted Janes''', editor of Hallmark. Dick Wes (as we knew him) came to Lacey Green with his wife Hilda in the 30's and bought Stocken Farm. With hard work and obvious know how he set about making the farm one of the best managed and efficient farms in the area.