Bratton History Association has just published an 80-page booklet describing the rise and fall over 160 years of the agricultural engineering firm of R & J Reeves & Son that was based in Bratton – on the prominent site that is now the village green.
The author, Dennis Gardner, has collected a great deal of information over the years since its closure, including photos, catalogues, leaflets, written documents and artefacts, as well as personal memories from some of the ex-employees still living nearby (mostly now passed on). The Bratton History Association encouraged Dennis to present a good deal of this material in written form, and they say this new publication, full of pictorial detail, is the result – a really good read, even for the non-technically minded!
Copies are available from Westbury Heritage Centre, Hillworth Stores (Bratton) or from the association, at £9 each.
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