Mr Tony Williams visited the club with his wife, Sharon. The family has been farming at Marcross for several generations and looks destined to so for the future with new members showing interest in continuing the tradition. They currently have their work cut-out dealing daily with one hundred and eighty dairy cows. Tony explained that they were once one of many dairy farms in the area producing milk whereas now there were only two. The one time familiar milk stands at the end of farm lanes have gone and now the milk tankers collect from just the major proucers.
Important as the dairy farming is it is only part of the Evans family work in the Vale. At the end of the Second World War Tony’s father, to the amusement of fellow farmers, bought some of the then redundant parts of the Llandow Airfield from the ministry. His father was asked if he intended to plough up the runways to plant wheat! What the family did was far more imaginative. The runways were initially used for motor racing and this developed in to the go-cart racing circuit. Over the years this has developed into a major attraction often raising thousands of pounds for charity at special events. The Evans family have also developed a major caravan site together with a storage capacity for hundreds of caravans. Tony even manages to act as the Bailiff for the Queen’s Land in the area where he adjudicates on matters concerning the Duchy of Lancaster.
Jeffrey Robinson thanked Tony for his fascinating talk and noted that the Evans family were still actively involved not only in farming but as major entrepreneurs in the Vale. He congratulated them all for what they have achieved.
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