East Hanningfield Archive

"Desmond as a 'smallholder', driving a two wheeled tractor called an 'Iron Horse', me on his lap, Martin standing on a trailer full of brushwood.

"Desmond had plans for cultivating some of the Rectory land, and bought the Iron Hosre, the trailer, a plough and a belt driven circular saw set in a steel bench.  Not really practical, like many of Dad's earlier schemes (fattening pigs, rearing ducks, rearing rabbits, geese) which were meant to help with food production but didn't really take off, despite the space to do it all!"  P. Ost.

From the collection of P. Ost.