A WOMAN has detailed her experience growing up on a farm which is sandwiched between two roaring UK motorways.
Kimberley Pollard is the granddaughter of Ken Wild who used to own Stott Hall Farm – the working farmstead which lies between the two winding carriageways near Huddersfield
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Former owner Ken passed away in 2004, and now the farmland is run by Paul Thorp who lives on the mysterious property with his wife Jill and their son John-William.
Initial thought was that Ken wouldn’t move to make room for the M62. Roads were built around the property in 1960.
But, according to Yorkshire Live, this theory isn’t true and there’s actually a geological fault beneath the building.
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Despite the mystery regarding the property, for Kimberly it was home and she remembers fondly what it was like growing up there.
Kimberly revealed to Yorkshire live that morning school runs were not always easy.
As the carriageway was being constructed, her mum had to navigate the underpass of the motorway for school runs. Then there were the sheep.
On one occasion she ran across the motorway to avoid them after her dad led to the underpass.
Despite having triple-glazed windows and the sound of cars roaring around, the noise was not what you’d expect. Kimberly would wake up to the sound of their engines a lot at night.
But “the sound of the motorway used to send me to sleep,” she revealed, as her bedroom was situated on the westbound carriageway.
Apart from the traffic, life at a farm was just like you would expect: surrounded by animals and hay stacks, quads, and so on.
I used to be allowed to play in the fields surrounding the house, while she watched the traffic pass and saw the confused faces of the people.
Kimberly
She used to help her granddad “feed the lambs who had lost their mothers, and watch the shearing” – and also ride with him on the back of a quad.
She said: “I’d love to be able to go on the quad bikes with my granddad now.”
She also remembers Ken’s second wife, Beth, who was “always cooking and baking.”
She said: “She used to let me play in the fields around the house and watch the traffic go past, and see people’s confused faces!”
Although the property has been the centre of much discussion over the years, for Kimberly “it was just my granddad’s house.”
Kimberley noted: “To me it was just a place I spent time growing up. It never struck me as being unusual because I grew up there.”
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