FEATURE
GRIFFIN
FA M I LY
reach 90 years
of farming
It all began back in 1923 when Charles
Griffin decided it was time to move
home. So he, his wife Mary and their
five children loaded their belongings
on to wagons, rounded up their herd
of 15 milking cows and made their
way from Grove Farm, Brading to
Briddlesford Farm just a few miles
away.
Now 90 years on, the Griffin family
are still farming at Briddlesford and
are accepted as having among the
finest dairy cattle not only on the
Island, but throughout the country.
Amazingly all the cattle they have bred
over the years have descended from
the 15 cows Charles initially took with
him.
Tragically, a year after moving to
Briddlesford, Charles died, leaving
his wife and children to continue the
Mary Griffin
business. The farm gradually grew in
size and stature, but they could not
possibly have envisaged the massive
changes that have taken place in the
subsequent years.
Charles’ son John eventu