I guess everyone is getting bored with me flying the flag for my relatives, and of course I could be completely wrong
Well we have a change of location now
I spoke to the owner of the photo and it's the usual 'I have no idea it came from a box of photos' kind of thing
What I did glean however is that the area of this farm is in the area of South Darbyshire, right on the border of Darbyshire and Staffordshire in the broad area of Mickleover, Repton, and Ashbourne
He had relatives from Repton and Mickleover, and another in London Road Ashbourne
He also believes that the person in the photo to the left back row (Our tall gaunt friend ) may be his relative Len White. He also reckons that the other relatives in Repton and Mickleover had the surname 'Roberts'
Now looking for a farm surrounding Mickleover in 1920 is relatively easy using ordnance survey maps of that timeframe (6 farms)
Repton for the same timeframe (1920) works out as 11 farms
Ashbourne on the other hand you can throw a rock in any direction and hit a farm (59 farms) but the closest date I could get a map for this area is 1897
So 76 farms in total
The Mickleover connection looks interesting as the relative there is the one with all the money at that time so maybe that relative was a farm owner?
Honestly I can't believe the amount of farms at that time but I suppose this is Darbyshire after all
Trust me Mazi, I'm not getting bored with your farming family, I wouldn't have learned half of the stuff I have learned over the last few days had It not been for your help on this. I'm from Wigan remember, we dug all our farms up to create mine shafts. A farm for me is a rarity