Carpet farming this Christmas - taking me back nearly 50 years

[llamedos]

I used to spread lime (talc) with a Howard spreader across the bathroom floor.

I killed the budgie, lime spreading with talc
I got stopped in my attempt to sell the front lawn as turf though that was to be a money spinner as was mole hills for top soil

 

[Niels]

Think you might stop your son playing with the toys Jeremy when you know what their value is!

 

[Cab-over Pete]

I like the idea of the board - my stock always keeled over due to carpet wobble!
Lovely buildings - you were a lucky lad! I had to make do with cardboard boxes!

I used to make my buildings with cardboard. If you carefully strip the layer off one side of corrugated cardboard it looks like corrugated tin.

Dry bran was great stuff in a muck spreader.

My brother and I used to pull the skinny wheels off the front of tractors and fit wide ones off trailers.

 

[Old Boar]

I was not from a farming family, and considered rather strange in making my own farm, buying plastic stock instead of "girly things". Every cardboard box was taken to make a new shed, but my sister took delight in stomping on them. I had one with lolly sticks as yorkshire boarding and one went through her foot - why did I get the blame?

 

[blackbob]

@JP1 you must have been a careful driver, both your Corgi 5000's (although I used mine as a 3000, as it was smaller than my Britains 5000) still have their exhaust pipes!
Dad brought me a brand new 4 furrow trailed plough, not sure of 'make' as it was dark green, and probably old-fashioned for 1970-ish, I only got a few acres ploughed, then he came into the room, didn't see the plough where I had parked it on the headland under the shadow of the table, and stood on it...

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Been having a clear out of 1bedroom in the (been here4½yrs,first time properly into said room)) farm house. What did i find but all my britains toys ! Will try post pic later, all early mid 80s stuff.

Loads of spare tyres having done like cab over Pete.

Rough ones from outside play, dad managed to run over them....

But mum brought brown carpet for me and bro bedroom for carpet farming

 

[Blue.]

I still have my green cushion (somewhere)that I used as a silage heap,having two brothers younger than me meant everything got trashed.

 

[Flossie]

I still have my green cushion (somewhere)that I used as a silage heap,having two brothers younger than me meant everything got trashed.

Chest in living room (if you're after a play)

 

[Old Boar]

You are only allowing one chest to be played with?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Beach farming is good too. My younger brother always had his birthday when we were in Abersoch on holiday, so we would take all our big Ertl stuff and he would always have something new.

One year, we both ploughed a massive piece of sand, no bull, it must have been 200 yds square. We planned to disc it next day but some bunch of tossers were playing cricket right on top if it!! Well, we weren't having that, so discing we went!! It was all going well until some bloke stepped back and stood on my JD discs. Happily, no damage to the discs, but the bloke didn't half hop and swear!!

 

[Mounty]

Got through no end of talc in my carpet farming days Pete. I used to moan like hell though after I'd spent ages loading lorries and getting them tipped for some clumsy parent to then come and stand on my heaps before I'd spread it.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Parents........who needs them?

Constantly tidying away and ruining your bout sequence half way through drilling the hearth rug.

 

[ARW]

Me and my bro used to go from stubble to stubble in minutes, first the living room then dining room then the hall. Favorite tractor was the tw15 with ransomes sprayer with a front tank, then some some wheels to put duals on her! hours of it, until drunken father stumbles in late at night and stands on it all and crushes our home made sheds that were made from wood!

 

[Tristan]

Morning all and happy Xmas to all here's my boy this morning happy out with his bit of new carpet farming

Tristan

 

[Col555]

Here's the new toys at home, shame Santa didn't know I'm a Massey man lol

 

[Mydexta]

My father in law has built a farm on a board for my 3yr olds Xmas. I will post pics when it appears but he has been working in it since June and I'm told it looks real tidy.

Has anyone seen the prices these old britains make on eBay. Looks like you got a good bargain Robbie

Better than my cardboard box steadings were 25 yr ago

 

[Steevo]

Would dearly love to re-create our entire farm fleet with Britains toys. Trouble is they only tend to make the largest models in a series.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Would dearly love to re-create our entire farm fleet with Britains toys. Trouble is they only tend to make the largest models in a series.

Me too! Unfortunatley our old, obscure gear hasnt ever been made by Britains

 

[Mydexta]

Would dearly love to re-create our entire farm fleet with Britains toys. Trouble is they only tend to make the largest models in a series.

What I would like to do is collect a model of all the tractors that have been my tractor at places I've worked since I left the school.

Models needed

Jd 2850
Case mx135
Case cs130
New holland tm140

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Been having a clear out of 1bedroom in the (been here4½yrs,first time properly into said room)) farm house. What did i find but all my britains toys ! Will try post pic later, all early mid 80s stuff.

Loads of spare tyres having done like cab over Pete.

Rough ones from outside play, dad managed to run over them....

But mum brought brown carpet for me and bro bedroom for carpet farming