Robby Curphey, Sulby
Date(s): 1970-1973
Creator(s): Killip, Chris
Scope & Content: He was known as the 'midnight gardener' or 'midnight farmer', delivering vegetables on a Saturday evening, sometimes after going for a drink and as late as 1 or 2 o' clock in the morning. It was said the prices differed more by drink than by the market.
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Language: eng
Extent: 51 x 40.5 cm
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/14444/1/25
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People:
Robby also transported cattle for farmers as he did for my father in Sulby. He lived not far from us in a house, now demolished, adjacent to the Curraghs Wildlife Park. - Nigel Radcliffe Report this
also known as 'Robbie the Rock' - ralph furness Report this