I knew Forest House and land now belonging to Mr. Hale. It used to be called Ords. Mr. Bradford used it when I first recollect but lived in Pippingford. After a time his daughter married Major Falconer and they went to live at Forest House and used the land. John Brooker used to work for him. Mr. Nugent succeeded Major Falconer and after him Mr. Nash. I have played cricket with both of them as a young man. After him I remember John Brooker hired the farm for some years and after him came Mr. Wood and Major Moor (now of Pixton Hill) and since Major Moor, Mr. Hale has used it. I do not recollect Mr. Bradford doing anything, but all his successors have had litter, turf and peat and have turned out bullocks, cows, horses and sometimes sheep.

I do not recollect Major Falconer using Shepherds. I used as a boy to see Major Falconer shooting on the Forest frequently and openly in broad daylight. There was then plenty of game on the Forest particularly hares and plenty of black cocks. I have seen as many as 18 cocks together in the winter inside New Lodge Farm. In those days there were no fir trees whatever on the Forest except one clump planted on Gills Lap. Afterwards four other clumps were planted, and now fir trees are springing up on the Forest from seed blown from these clumps or from the private enclosures. I have often seen the seed carried along by the wind.

I knew a shop and land here belonging to Mr. Hale at Marsh Green and occupied by Mr. Cox, Grocer. When I was a small boy I just recollect a Mr. Wren selling off there. He was succeeded by Chart who remained there for many years. He was succeeded by Morphy. Since him there have been several tenants. Mr. Cox the present one has been there several years. Chart used to turn out cows and horses from there from the very first and I used to see his team carrying in litter every year. Morphy did the same and the subsequent tenants and Cox has done the like and had sheep out also. I knew them by their mark. As a boy and man I have always dealt at the shop.

I can remember Colemans Hatch Public House. When I was a little boy I used to pass it every day when going for Captain Hall to the post from New Lodge. Old William Hills who was bailiff to Colonel Young kept the house. When I grew older I used to frequent the house occasionally. I know when I was a boy as appeared they burnt peat from the Forest. I used to see it stacked outside. Later on when I worked for Colonel Young I used in the winter to go over from his stables into the house to get warm by a large fire of turf which was always burning there and I have seen several bushes of ashes lying in the fireplace at a time. I have seen turf burnt there continuously up to the last few months. I have seen it being carted there off the Forest. The occupiers have also had brakes and litter from the Forest. I have seen it used there from boyhood for their pigs and for the stable and have at times carried it in myself. At the Blacksmith's shop adjoining, in like manner, I remember the successive occupiers having peat and turf off the Forest. I used to carry it for them myself at times.