This view of the farm is, as it were, from the back. Sipson Road is beyond the buildings. From left to right the buildings are: the loading shed, cart shed, water tower and blacksmith's shop. The buildings visible beyond the blacksmith's are houses on Sipson Road. The date is unknown.

Horses were, of course, the main motive power at one time and this is a coach and pair of the farm. They are standing just in the main entrance to the farm. The wall on the right is the boundary wall for the original farmhouse.

Then there were the working horses. Here we see a team of six pulling a large spring-tine cultivator. This was taken around 1900. The last working horse 'retired' in 1960.

After horses came steam. This may be unusual to see a traction engine pulling a plough as most plowing was done by pairs of engines pulling the plough across the field on a cable. The engine is called Perseverance and is dated 1903. Produce was taken from the farm to Covent garden every morning and traction engines took over from horses for this task too - see next picture.

After the war with the development of reliable, low cost, internal combustion engines came the tractor. Here we see leeks being planted in around 1950. The team are: facing the camera is Len Emery, left to right with their backs to the camera messrs Summerfield, Cowan and Pert. The driver is unknown. (Names courtesy of P T Sherwood from here)

A final view of the main farmyard. The building on the left is the stables, centre is the weighbridge and beyond is the box shed and the cart shed. I well remember this view and have happy memories of riding my tricycle around the farm.

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