Emails Herbert Brooks writes: Hi John, The map you sent is an earlier one and does not show the house my Dad had built to go with the farm buildings. The Field numbers are 531, 532, 533, 534, 536, 489, 488, 471, 472, 473, 474, 490, 491, then I'm lost because I would be only 4 when the quarry fenced through 533, 534, 490, 472 and was no longer used for farming, but quarry use. He also rented considerable acres in the area. I've got a map from 1957 for 471 called Lady Day informing Dad they would be taking this field. The attachment shows Dad in field 531 sometime in the 1940's. He also delivered milk milk within the town. Regards Ruep Herbert Brooks writes: Hi John, Please find Lady Field map attachment for 1957 At the moment I can not find the case with the detail of when the Farm was purchased, but have included a few other items which may be of interest. Dale farm Hay making shows a picture from 1949 of my grandad Herbert Brooks and my father Ernest Brooks- Dad is in a picture on page 48 O'er Back And On the Hillock by Jack Doxey Dale farm first valuation made me smile because of the contents, because we use the saw bench today for a bbq. D Marsdens - we have loads of these makes interesting reading when you look at prices etc. The Western Derbyshire map is 38 " x 36" with loads of references to Wirksworth retailers published 1900 The Wirksworth Branch Junior Imperial League meeting was just a newsclip found in a book, but we have no date - but Matlock Mercury King's Field Feb 1956 we have a variety of issues. However back to Dale Farm I'll try and locate the material. Dad & family lived the bottom of the Dale when they first bought the farm. I do have some pictures of when the farm house was built. We moved out of the house in 1957 because of the damage caused by the blasting, but the house and farm buildings where not knocked down until 1974. Will be in touch. Regards Herbert.

BROOKS Album

1938 Ernest Brooks at Dale Farm.	1938 Herbert & Ann, Dale Farm.
1938 Ploughing in field 448.	1938 Anne Brooks feeding the hens.
1938 Dale Farm.	1938 Dale Farm.
Ernest Brooks at Dale Farm.	Herbert and Ernest Brooks at Dale Farm.
Ernest Brooks at Dale Farm with his first motor bike.	William and Margret Hannah, Sep 1917.
Farmer Brooks and stooks, about 1940.	Top: Hilda 1892,Herbert 1883, Edith 1881, Lionel 1892, Fanny 1893, Ernest 1885 Bottom: Margret Hannah 1856, Mary Anne 1895, Maggie 1898, William 1855.
Field 536 with Middleton Top engine House on the horizon.	1938, Anne Brooks feeding the pigs.
1949 Haymaking at Dale Farm	Anne Brooks nee Rowe.

BROOKS family 1800 1799 William 1820 Ann BROOKS=====v=====MATHER | |-----|------|-------|------|---|-----|----|--------|-------| | | | | | | | | | 1826 1829 1831 1835 1839 Mary Eliza Martha Alice Benjamin Ann William Samuel Elizabeth | | 1830 1828 William 1851 Mary BROOKS=====v=====SMEDLEY | | |-------|--------|------|--|--| | | | | | 1853 1855 1859 1861 1863 Alfred William Sarah Mary Eliza | | 1856 1855 Margret William H 1881 Hannah BROOKS=====v=====WALKER | | |------|--------|-------|-------|-------|---|--|------|-----| | | | | | | | | | 1881 1883 1885 1887 1892 1892 1893 1895 1898 Edith Herbert Ernest Robert Lionel Hilda Fanny Mary Maggie | [1] Ann | Herbert 1912 Anne BROOKS=====v=====ROWE 1951 | | |----|---| | | 1914 1915 Dorothy Ernest 1986 | | Ernest 1951 Muriel BROOKS=====v=====BRADLEY 1977 | | 1953 1951 [Informant] Herbert 1976 Anne BROOKS=====v=====PUNSHON | |----|---| | | 1978 1980 John David [Informant] Stuart Spencer Census references: 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851 and 1841 Notes: [1] Fanny also known as Winnie see Bonsall photo. Also see 1901 Census

1928 RENT for DALE FARM, Wirksworth Arthur J.Marsden, F.A.I. Clerk to Wirksworth Grammar School Trustees Wirksworth January 10th, 1927 Dear Sir, Dale Farm, Wirksworth We have now heard from Mr Fox, the Landlord of the above farm, enclosing your letter to him of the 6th. We regeret that owing to illness Mr Fox has been quite unable to attend to matters hence the delay. He now writes us that he is sorry to say he cannot accept £65 per annum for the farm. Whilst admitting that the house is some distance from the land he considers that the quality of the land and the business it can do must have some bearing upon the ultimate rent obtained. Having regard to the representations we made to him upon your behalf he instructs us to offer you the farm at a rental of Seventy five pounds (£75) per annum and we trust you will see your way to close with this offer. Yours faithfully Geo Marsden & Son Mr H.Brooks, Ible, WIRKSWORTH

1928 VALUATION for DALE FARM, Wirksworth Lady Day 1928 Valuation of Tenant Rights & Fixtures upon The Dale Farm Wirksworth from Mr H Sheppard to Mr H.Brooks Geo Marsden & Son Auctioneers Wirksworth VALUATION of Tenant Right and Fixtures upon The Dale Farm in the parish of Wirksworth in the county of Derby from Mr H Sheppard, the outgoing Tenant to Mr W Fox the landlord or his incoming Tenant, Mr H.Brooks. As at Lady day 1928 FIXTURES Milk Shed Armoured Piping from Tank to Cooler Cooler bracket and stand Cow sheds 10 Cow chains PRODUCE Quantity of Hay on loft at consuming price Stackyard Stack of new Hay at consuming price No 536 3.649 Grass mown, Manured & spread. For labour thereon. No 488 2.421 Grass Mown. Manured & spread. For labour thereon. For the Manurial Value of the Feeding Stuffs consumed upon the Holding during the last two years of the Tenancy according to Messrs Voelcker & Halls Tables. We the undersigned after making the necessary deductions do hereby estimate the value of the above mentioned items, upon behalf of both parties, at the sum of TWENTY FIVE POUNDS SIX SHILLINGS AND FOUR PENCE £25 : 6 : 4d Geo Marsden & Son F.A.I Auctioneers & Valuers, Wirksworth.

1949 FIRST ANNUAL VALUATION for DALE FARM, Wirksworth

FIRST ANNUAL VALUATION of Live and Dead Farming Stock, Impliments, Produce and Tenant-right at "DALE FARM" situate in the Parish of Wirksworth in the County of Derby for MESSRS.HERBERT BROOKS & SON for Income Tax purposes. Made June 7th 1949 As at April 6th 1949 CATTLE Ayrshire Cow, due September Ayrshire Heifer, Due September Red and White Heifer, due September Roan Cow in full milk Roan Cow, due July Red Cow, due August Roan Cow, due September Red Cow, in full milk Roan cow, due September Red cow, in full milk Black barren cow in full milk Red cow, due July Blue cow, due July Ayrshire Cow, due July Dark Blue Cow, due July Red Cow, due July Roan Barren Cow Red Barren Cow BULL Red Poll Stock Bull, 4 years old YOUNG STOCK 2 Ayrshire-cross In-calf Heifers, due October 2 Black Incalf Heifers, due October 1 Blue Yearling Heifer 1 Black Yearling Heifer Roan Rearing Heifer calf Red and white rearing Bull calf Red Bullock HORSE Brown Mare Pony, aged POULTRY 20, 1 and 2 year old hens IMPLEMENTS Bamford Horse Rake Iron Horse Hay Sweep 30 Galvanized sheets Light Dray Ridge Plough Ladder, 18 rounds Ladder, 18 rounds Ladder, 32 rounds Wheelbarrow Wheelbarrow 2 Stack cloths Bamford Pulper Bamford Clipper Chopper Water Bowls for 14 cows 26 Cow chains Iron Saw Bench 12 Circular Saw Blades Steel Anvil Horse Hoe T.V.O. Tank Single Ridge Drill Milk Float on rubbers DAIRY VESSELS Refrigerator Pan and Scye 2 Milk Buckets 2 Delivering Cans 2 Milk Churns HARNESS Set of Pony Harness 3 Cart Ropes 2 Short Ropes IMPLEMENTS (Contd) Bamford Side Delivery Rake Bamford Tedder 30 Cwt Chain Blocks Land Roller Chain Harrow 14 Old Churns Wooden Shed Wooden Fowl House do do do Wooden Fowl House, span roof ENGINE Lister 2½ h.p. Engine SMALL TOOLS 4 Hoes 12 Hay Forks 3 Hay Rakes 2 Scyes Hay Knife 3 Shovels 3 Manure Forks Bonny Rake Cross Cut Saw and hammer Quantity Joiners Tools MOTOR VAN Austin 8 h.p. Motor Van 1938 MOTOR CAR 1939 Morris 10 h.p. Car MOTOR LORRY Ford 26 h.p. Motor Lorry TRACTOR Fordson Tractor 1945, on pneumatic tyres TRACTOR ATTACHMENTS Bamford Tractor Mower Talbot 2 furrow plough PRODUCE 2½ tons Oat Straw Chop 7 tons of Hay STOCKS-in-HAND 30 cwts Home grown oats CULTIVATIONS MEADOWS 8 acres manured and spread (Labour only) once chain harrowed 531 4.082 G.M. Ploughed by Order Growing Oats after Oats (For the seed bill and cultivations) Manured and spread (Labour only) 491 5.385 G.P. Ploughed by Order Part growing oats after oats, (For the seed bill and cultivations) Part prepared for cabbage and potatoes, once ploughed (For the ploughing) Remainder of field G.M. (No claim) 473 2.341 G.M. 1 acre ploughing by Order Now ploughed after mangolds and cabbages (For the cultivations, and usual compensation on greencrop ground) ------------ Fordson N 1943

T.V.O.=Tractor vaporising oil Tractor vaporising oil (or TVO) is a fuel for internal combustion engines, produced from paraffin (kerosene). In the United Kingdom and Australia, after the Second World War, it was commonly used for tractors until diesel engines became commonplace. In Australian English it was known as power kerosene. History The post war Ferguson TE20 tractor, a carefully researched and near-ideal tractor for use on British farms, was designed around a petrol (gasoline) engine. Although there was a campaign for the reintroduction of agricultural Road Duty (tax)-free petrol, which had been curtailed during the war, this was not forthcoming. Perkins Engines supplied some conversions into diesel engines which could use un-taxed red diesel. As a substitute for petrol, TVO was developed. Paraffin (kerosene) was commonly used as a domestic heating fuel and was un-taxed. Paraffin has an octane rating of zero and would damage an engine built for petrol. The manufacture of paraffin involves the removal of aromatic hydrocarbons from what is now sold as heating oil. These aromatics have an octane rating, so adding some of that otherwise waste product material back in a controlled manner into paraffin gave TVO. The resulting octane rating of TVO was somewhere between 55 and 70. In practice TVO had most of the properties of paraffin, including the need for heating to encourage vapourisation. As a result the exhaust and inlet manifolds were adapted so that more heat from the former warmed the latter. To get the tractor to start from cold, a small second fuel tank was added that contained petrol. The tractor was started on the expensive petrol, then once the engine was warm the fuel supply switched over to TVO. So long as the engine was working hard, like when ploughing or pulling a load, the TVO would burn well. Under light conditions, such as travelling unloaded on the highway, the engine was better on petrol. Some tractor designs included a radiator "blind" that would restrict the flow of air over the radiator which led to the engine running hotter, which could help with starting. If the radiator blind was left shut, though, there was a risk of engine damage, especially in warm weather. The phrase petrol-paraffin is often used to describe engines that use TVO. This can be interpreted either as the use of the two fuels, starting on petrol then switching to the paraffin-based TVO the use of a mixture of petrol and paraffin as a substitute for the proper TVO TVO was withdrawn from sale by UK suppliers in 1974. An approximation to the correct specification can be made from petrol and heating oil (burning oil). From Wikipedia

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