Norfolk agricultural industry figure Jim Davidson has died aged 93. Here he is pictured with his wife Isabel raising a glass at a garden party
- Credit: ALEX MATHIAS
A well-known figure in Norfolk's agricultural industry has been described as "hard-working, hard-playing and always enthusiastic" after he died aged 93.
Jim Davidson, originally from Scotland, moved to the county during the 1970s after being head-hunted by Catchpole Engineering, later taken over by Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies.
This was a move which would accelerate his career in the sugar beet machinery industry.
Following his time at Ransomes, Sims andJefferies, he spent a brief spell at John Salmon Engineering where Mr Davidson had a chance encounter with Peter Claxton – a Norfolk pig farmer who had recently started selling Irish Armer top-lifting sugar beet harvesters in the UK.