This looks as if it once housed a static pea viner prior to the introduction of mobile pea viners. Thousands of acres of garden peas were grown in the area for the numerous canning and freezing factories, very few of which are still in existence. PS If anyone can find a picture of a static viner on the www please let me know
Uploaded to Geograph by Richard Humphrey on 30 December 2010
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