After the Second World War, Jim Perry returned from Burma to set up home in the Essex area with his new wife May. After a number of jobs on farms as a mechanic handyman, he bought some derelict cottages in Broxted and an old second hand van. With his first van Jim ran a mobile fruit and vegetable round in the evenings and at weekends, whilst still working as an engineer during the day. In between he did local deliveries - Perry Removals was born!