The man wearing the hat is John Henry Pickles, Richard Drinkall's farm man at Yew Tree Farm West Marton. John and I worked closely together and he was a lovely man. I was surprised this morning when I realised that this is the only image I have of him.
I remember one day I was in the Byre at West Marton watching John milking and the beast I was stood next to kicked the milking cluster off. I automatically stepped in and replaced it. John started laughing and said "It's not the first time you've done that!" I told him not to tell Richard or he'd have me doing relief milking as well as waggon driving. He took notice and Richard didn't find out for years.....