Highfields with some of the dairy herd looked after by James Dyer who occupied the house at that time.

Barabara Hodges who was born in Coggeshall around 1935 writes 'Highfields was where I often played as a child - by the pond although my mother told me not to as it was bottomless and if I fell in, I would never get out. In the shallow area there were little springs bubbling up - we used to drink the water from them. At the time Highfields was owned by Mr. Anness. who sold milk from a pony and trap round the houses. For some reason we didn't buy our milk from him but our neighbour did and I was very proud one day to be allowed to go out and buy half a pint of milk which he poured straight into the little willow patterned jug that I held. We had our milk from a farm on the Colchester road called Brights. He called for his money on Saturday mornings, on my 6th birthday I remember him giving me sixpence when I told him that I was six that day.'
Courtesy Doug Judd
Date; 1940's
Ref; 101/79