A current resident of the village gave us this old image to copy:
There are at least three items of interest worth looking at in detail.
Detail 1 (from the left of the full image):
There is a car outside the Agricultural Engineers which was owned by W. L. Fisher at the time. It is probably his car (the registration number ends in “8”). Someone is captured in this image, looking towards the photographer.
We recall being told that Mr Fisher was the first person to own a car in the village. Could this be the one?
Detail 2 (from the middle):
In the long grass there are farming contraptions that have been repaired or are awaiting repair (they might even have been made) by Fishers. You can see the metal seats poking up. This was a familiar sight right up until they closed in 1997.
Detail 3 (from the right):
The most evocative image. A woman is on the Everingham’s bus awaiting departure. She is talking to a man through an open window, saying her goodbyes, perhaps?
Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteIt is an old Hay Rake. We used to have one just like it on Hall Farm. It all went as scrap in the Farm Sale. Farrer's had a 50p minimum bid on all our farm equipment, and much of it went for that amount!
Andrew