Little Peachley.
basil | 5/10/2006 | 8:15 am
Little Peachley Farm Lower Broadheath.
Ivor Perkins and his brother Jack, with Marjorie and Henry Wood, owned Little Peachley Farm, Lower Broadheath, Between them they ran a dairy farm and a successful agricultural contracting business, from the 1920’s until the 1980’s. They provided employment for a number of local people.
Ivor was a portly, jovial, teetotaller and was very well known in the surrounding area.
His main interests after the business, was a love of horses, and he owned several.
Until the fifties, two carthorses were also put to good use on the farm.
He was also keen on hunting, and shooting was also one of his pastimes.
He was able to repair most things on the farm, and had great mechanical ability.
Before the advent of the combine harvester and modern machinery, farming was much more labour intensive; small farms did not have the resources for a great deal of equipment. Agricultural contractors like Ivor were in great demand.
