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Woodlands was owned by Shirley Bevan for as long as I can remember, she also owned the farm immediately outside the main gates which were accessed from the land going up a steep hill on top of leckwith hill. She used to keep a herd of Guernsey cows which were her pride and joy. These were kept on the farm. Most of the fields here were part of Ynyston farm which was rented by my grandfather William Samuel Coles and his father before him. They could have bought it for £20K but didnt have the cash to do it and loans were frowned upon in those days. My mother also used to deliver the milk Marie Gambling and her brother Lewis, they are sadly all passed away now. Shirley Sold up and moved further outside leckwith and bought a farm at the top of Michaelston le Pit where she took the herd of Geurnsey cows. the farmer that used to look after them and milk them was David who I knew. Woodlands was then owned by the university and run by professor Snook. let me know if you want to know more. i spent most of my childhood in Llandough and leckwith