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Is there anyone here who are a certain age that put an egg in the header tank
of a Fordson to hard boil
of a Fordson to hard boil
Thank god
Pretty much but fusions nailed the lid down as no longer in the yard wrapping for even a chance cup of tea.The round baler killed the harvest tea times, no need for big squads, and nowhere to sit anyway
No but I used to bake potatoes in tin foil on the exhaust manifold when winter ploughingIs there anyone here who are a certain age that put an egg in the header tank
of a Fordson to hard boil
You're lucky we can't wrap in the field due to all the blasted rooks and certain neighbours who leave their hedges to grow out halfway across the roadPretty much but fusions nailed the lid down as no longer in the yard wrapping for even a chance cup of tea.
Better wrapping in the yardYou're lucky we can't wrap in the field due to all the blasted rooks and certain neighbours who leave their hedges to grow out halfway across the road
That what we do or rather in the field next to it.Better wrapping in the yard
Having tea at harvest time in the field is a very distant but pleasant memory for me . Also worth a mention is the smell of home cured ham frying at supper time when work was finished
I remember seeing bacon and ham
hanging the old fashion way at a butcher shop around the Dorrington
area several years ago
I was out Contract combining one day for a local farmer when he came across asked ,if I would like fish and chips and a drink. I said yes please we are just off down the chippy . When I sent him the Invoice for the combining there was a reduction of for the Price for the fish and chips and the can of coke .
That what we do or rather in the field next to it.
Bottle of tea in front of rad to keep warm ,and army side canvas bags with you lowance box in hung off air cleanerNo but I used to bake potatoes in tin foil on the exhaust manifold when winter ploughing
love these old memories, when I was 21 and a trainee salesman. I was fortunate to have the best ever dealer principle. The only time I ever got to drive his merc ( got to wash it a lot but never drive it) was the one deal he did each year. Him and a long standing customer would do the deal on new tractor over a bottle of whiskey. Negotiations didn’t start until bottle was finished... said legend dealer principle got wide to this and allowed me to sit in the house rather than the car. I was then his “witness” and had to remember the price they settled on. Those were the days. A few on here would have delt with him. Always drove a merc and taught me a lot. Best phrase he ever taught me to which I still use to this day . “Never judge someone by the mistake they make, but merely by how well they rectify it!”Mother never failed to make sure everyone got fed , no matter how many people it was
At harvest tea would always be 5.30 when Dad had finished milking and mother and him would pile the picnic basket full mostly of freshly baked pies , bread and cakes load us kids in the car and then go to whatever field the combine was in the balerman usually found his way there as did the local older youths who where carting bales and everyone sat down and had an unrushed tea
In fact mother fed everyone
The bulk tank driver always had a cup of tea and cake and any wagon drivers delivering also got same treatment
I remember coming home from a yfc do once and dad had called the vet out to a calving and they where both sitting at the kitchen table with the local copper who as he seemed to do frequently just happened to be driving past
In the middle of the kitchen table amongst all the fag smoke was a bottle of scotch that was getting emptied at an alarming rate
I guess mother drew a line at what time she fed guests
Yes Dorrington ShrewsburyDorrington, Shrewsbury?
That'll be Sadd's I reckon, on the side of the A49.
Old Johnny from next door's bag rode there for that long it polished all the paint off the side of the bonnet of his MF65and army side canvas bags with you lowance box in hung off air cleaner
Yes to be fair we do get really well look after. Bacon and egg it 4 rounds of toast and a brew for breakfast take out own dinners and then a cook meal or fish & chips for tea@CrevisbigX Steve’s wife looks after us well whenever I’ve been with you lads it’s much appreciated