This recording was made in 1989 as part of the research for an exhibition at the Somerset Rural Life Museum entitled ‘Made in Somerset’. John Creber talks about the history of Wensley’s, an agricultural engineering firm in Mark from 1860–1920. John’s father, Dick Creber, bought the Wensley’s wheelwright shop in 1928. He continued to make wagons and carts until rubber tyres arrived and wheelwrighting largely came to an end in the 1960s, when John took over the business and concentrated on joinery.
