Isabel Granger and Joan Smail are planting the tree was it for the silver jubilee?
Posted by patd on Sun 16 Jan 2005 17:34:09 UTC
Chris, You were right - the photo was mirror image. I have now fixed it.
Posted by Old Will on Thu 30 Dec 2004 17:43:46 UTC
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
Flower boxes like this were still in use in the sixties. flowers were sent in them to the big cities, and empty boxes sent back. Sometimes there were interesting objects in the empties, old pairs of boots, gasmasks, once I remember an old worn out mans suit. There was always a supply of boxes for use, and were just the right size to make dens and things out of. Not popular with the flower growers!
Posted by oldjoe on Fri 17 Dec 2004 17:20:50 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 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
More a Question. The car appears to be left hand drive. Is this therefore printed back to front? If so is it Berry Cottage and the gable to the "left" the end of the original Berrycroft Stores shop?
Posted by Christopher Rule on Sat 11 Dec 2004 20:05:41 UTC
Thanks to TimC for info.
Posted by Old Will on Fri 05 Nov 2004 21:38:38 UTC
Thanks to "oldjoe" for providing the names for this photo.
Posted by Old Will on Fri 05 Nov 2004 21:30:16 UTC