The people on this float worked for Webb's market gardening business.
Photograph taken just after the Franklin family gave up farming that land. They had built the barn but had to remove it as they had to return the land to its original state when they left.
Barn built by the Franklin family on land they farmed at Beggar's Barn
With Meon Hill in the background.
Unidentified man raking soil ready for sowing seeds under glass.
Viewed from the footpath at the end of Ivy House Lane. The barn was developed in about 2018 and is now a private house.
Developed in c. 2018 and now a private house.
John Smith cutting lettuce, Prospect Gardens (the Shed), Stratford Road.
Geoff is sitting on his Fordson Major tractor with two of his young nephews.
Photo taken at Beggar's Barn with Meon Hill in the background.
Awarded in the class for 5 Butcher's Tegs at Stratford Stock Sales Show Society's Christmas Primestock Show and Sale on 11th December 1984. According to his wife, Geoff was especially proud of winning this as he had entered the only five sheep left in his flock and was up against farmers who had very large ...
Mr Franklin farmed at Beggar's Barn and Church Piece from 1946 - 1992. The land lay at the top of Canada Lane and although some arable crops were grown, most was used for rearing livestock.
Photograph taken just after the Franklin family gave up farming that land. They had built the barn but had to remove it as they had to return the land to its original state when they left.
Photograph taken just after the Franklin family gave up farming that land. They had built the barn but had to remove it as they had to return the land to its original state when they left.
