- Location
- Somerset
Does any one remember Ray Nichols from Banbury, he used to buy a lot of store cattle out of West Wales, he had a Magirus Deutz with a drag.
Long forgotten Livestock Marts
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- Start date
Truck Mover do have any recollection of J Copsey& Son collecting lambs in the 70s in wales and other sheep areas. They had the second Volvo f88 on a 34ft three deck trailer. Also had two smaller trucks getting cattle and pigs from east Anglia farms and markets. They took them to the own abattoir in essex
sticky
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- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
I do, had the misfortune of driving it once, dragged a load of cattle out of Yeovil back to his place.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Skipton 1906
- Location
- Yorkshire
Its amazing how little the high Street has changed in 94year
I love those old pictures, I bet there was such a good atmosphere on market day.
- Location
- South Wales UK
General Public would have a "turn" these days !
I was thinking when I saw the photo how long would it have taken for the snowflakes these days to get the rozzers in!
How sad these "modern" times have got!
Totally agree, the world getting smaller has done away with a lot of the simple but good for the soul things in life.
QUOTE of the day there.
Quote of the day there.
What a novelty it must have been to walk you stock to the local market. Well would be novel to us anyway.
I was thinking how long it would of taken to coral our ill tempered cattle into a high street nowadays
Are there any books done on this subject, would be very interesting.
I'd just call the drovers in, wave at them when they took the cattle and calmly close the door and lock it as fast as I could!
- Location
- N.Lincs
Just looking at that pic of Skipton - how did it all work??
Were they sold through a ring?
Did you just amble round the different bunches of cattle and do private deals?
You'd need some fast drovers nowadays to stop a load of waspy limmy bullocks galloping up and down and getting mixed up with everybody else's
Be a lot of shorthorns then!Just looking at that pic of Skipton - how did it all work??
Were they sold through a ring?
Did you just amble round the different bunches of cattle and do private deals?
You'd need some fast drovers nowadays to stop a load of waspy limmy bullocks galloping up and down and getting mixed up with everybody else's
- Location
- N.Lincs
Coincidently, only today an old account book belonging to Mrs YB's great grandfather has surfaced. I don't know how well this will come out but here's a page from livestock sales for 1902 that almost ties in with @JP1's pic.......
One or two excerpts....
May 15th......Fat cow Brigg (now defunct).........................£19/13s/6d
July 23rd.......In calver..................................................................£18/10s/-
Nov 11th.....6 ewes Barnetby market (now defunct).........39s/3d each
April 1st......12 cross bred hoggs................................................43s/- each
One or two excerpts....
May 15th......Fat cow Brigg (now defunct).........................£19/13s/6d
July 23rd.......In calver..................................................................£18/10s/-
Nov 11th.....6 ewes Barnetby market (now defunct).........39s/3d each
April 1st......12 cross bred hoggs................................................43s/- each
Mickstup
Member
- Location
- Shropshire / welsh marches
Ewe sales in Knighton