ERO Presents: Big Boys Toys
Ernest Doe is a family firm which can trace it's history back to their first blacksmith's shop in Ulting near Maldon opening in 1898.
Ernest Doe is a family firm which can trace it's history back to their first blacksmith's shop in Ulting near Maldon opening in 1898. Since then they have grown and diversified providing agricultural machinery to customers across the UK.
Join speaker Graham Parker to look at the history of the company and some of the "big toys" that they supply
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