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Joe Grundy
Keeper's Cottage
Born 18.9.21

(Edward Kelsey)

Being the Grundy who lost Grange Farm for future generations sat heavy with Joe, but the purchase of Grundys' Field, making this former tenant into a landowner (albeit in a very small way), brightened his 80th year. Joe's often to be seen trotting around the village - in his trap, pulled by Bartleby the pony, that is. Bartleby knows the lanes well, which is a blessing given Joe's appetite for his own notorious farmhouse cider (Joe claims to be a Methodist, but he's seen rather more in The Bull than at chapel). Joe looks after the gardens at Keeper's Cottage and neighbouring April Cottage, and maintains a running feud with Lynda Snell across the road. Well, every man needs a hobby...

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