James is a dairy farmers son from Saddleworth in Yorkshire near the Lancashire cotton town of Oldham & dads farm was in Grains Bar on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border then in September 1965 the family moved to Bardney, Lincolnshire.
Dad and his brother & sisters were all dairy farmers who produced, bottled & sold milk in every corner of Oldham & Shaw

Linda is a farmers daughter born & brought up in Lincolnshire, she has a background in accounting.
Her dad was an agricultural contractor before settling with his own farm in 1968

James & Linda met in ’72 married ’73 and together ran a retail dairy business delivering milk to homes & businesses in villages around Lincoln starting with just one round in 1973 and growing to a peak of 9 rounds by the mid 90’s using a fleet of electric milk floats all of which had electronic overdrive & gave them a top speed of about 25 mph. The business was one of the largest independent retail dairies in the county until it was sold to Lincoln Co-op in July 2003

From June 2000 we started running a Catering Equipment hire business but since 2002 we have grown the business to include Marquees, Toilets, Bouncy Castles & Fencing.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR BRITISH FARMING ?
When James & Linda grew up in the 50’s & 60’s between the 2 families we had 7 farms with 50  people employed producing milk & crops which helped to feed people, we now do not have a single family member engaged in full time agriculture.
Some of the land we farmed is rented out, some on the Lancashire/Yorkshore border is gradually returning to moorland

We now do things like, Marquee & Toilet Hire, Ready Mix Concrete, Skip & Plant Hire,
amongst other things in places as far away as Australia & New Zealand.

Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia

Lincoln Motor Cycle & Car Club

Birchwood Colts Junior Football Club

1950 Nuffield Universal Tractor. Originally TVO but was converted to Diesel in 1959
Been in the family since the 60’s with factory lighting kit & original paintwork.
Dad had 2 of these before we first moved to Lincolnshire.

A 1960 Whitlock Dinkum Digger, built around a Fordson Power Major skid unit.
We bought this machine in the late 90’s for snow clearing duties but have only used it for that purpose on 2 occasions
It has had a paint job at some time in the past but the intention is to keep it in it’s current condition, during the last 2 years it has had an engine rebuild.

A 1960 Fordson Power Major.
We had one of these tractors when we had Dairy Farms in Lincolnshire & the Lancashire/Yorkshie border.
It was the first tractor we had with Live Drive it was very good when using Mowing Machines, Balers, & Muck Spreaders.
I will probably use it on Road Runs