Our History
"In 1880 my great grandfather Ernest E Peele and his brother George J Peele sent their first consignment of turkeys to the London markets from Wymondham in Norfolk. In those days it took about a week to deliver seven tons of rough-plucked turkeys on a drug propelled by a steam engine.
The family moved to Rookery Farm, Thuxton, in 1932 and it was at this time that my grandfather Frank Peele saved the breed of Norfolk Black Turkey from extinction. Today, we continue to rear our turkeys using the same methods laid down all those years ago my ancestors, and as consumer and breeding trends come and go, our Norfolk Black Turkeys remain unchanged.
Thank you for your interest in our Norfolk Black turkeys, the oldest breed of turkey in the country."
—James Graham
Photos: James with one of his Norfolk Black Turkeys; Peele's plucking gang, circa 1905.
