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Northfield Agricultural Services Ltd
Burton Pidsea where he had
been born, before starting up
Northfield Agricultural Services
in 1976.
“I used to walk to work
every day and at the time
Len Woodhouse was running
Holderness Plough, who
were sub-dealers for Massey
Ferguson when I arrived, before
moving on to International and
Marshall. I played cricket for
Humbleton, batting at No.3 or
4 in the order and became a
football referee for the Northern
Premier League. I remember
Keith Herd’s band playing
in the village hall and Olive
Messenger playing the piano.”
George started Northfield,
also the name of the house
he and his wife Jill had
moved to in Halsham after
their marriage in 1968, with
David Fussey and both Cecil
and Laurence Hodgson from
Great Newsome Farm nearby.
George and David handled

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