If you look carefully, you will see that though Dennis and Ron were using a forklift at this time, the boxes had been transferred from the pallets and stacked directly on the lorry bed. This happened until the mid 70's as the Old Covent Garden Market...

If you look carefully, you will see that though Dennis and Ron were using a forklift at this time, the boxes had been transferred from the pallets and stacked directly on the lorry bed. This happened until the mid 70's as the Old Covent Garden Market didn't use forklifts, all produce being moved by porters with barrows. It's good to see that Willngham was ahead of London !

Posted by andrewc on Fri 24 Dec 2004 22:31:04 UTC

Nowadays its hard to realise the scale of the Willingham fruit and flower trade, but in the sixties and seventies this would have been only one lorry load of many leaving Willingham every day. Virtually anybody with a bit of garden would grow flowers to...

Nowadays its hard to realise the scale of the Willingham fruit and flower trade, but in the sixties and seventies this would have been only one lorry load of many leaving Willingham every day. Virtually anybody with a bit of garden would grow flowers to send to the big cities. hundreds of boxes leaving the village every day. You could virtually walk round the village without leaving an orchard.

Posted by oldjoe on Fri 17 Dec 2004 17:13:42 UTC