- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Love your cows. Obviously in early conversion from Britsh Fresain to Holstein Friesians. I'd love to know how many lactations your cows gave you in those days.
Historical photos from North Norfolk
- Thread starter sjt01
- Start date
d williams
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The d fella shears the same way as my old man used to round and round
Suffolk Serf
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- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Thanks for sharing all of that. A valuable and fascinating record of a proper mixed farm.
Bloody everything going on in that one. Proper farming! Nice.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Great videos @sjt01 thank you for taking the time to post them.
My Dad drove a mill and mix lorry briefly when I was about 6-7 years old. On the odd occasion he did some at home I remember thinking it was the best job on earth.
Years later while at Sparsholt College the mill and mix lorry was due on a Saturday and the stockman was looking for two volunteers to help so my mate and I put our hands up. Feck awful job. Screaming V6 Detroit engine for four hours, itchy dust and heavy sacks.
No wonder Dad didn’t do it for long before he went driving for a firm that delivered brewers grains on tippers and had bulk milk tankers!
My Dad drove a mill and mix lorry briefly when I was about 6-7 years old. On the odd occasion he did some at home I remember thinking it was the best job on earth.
Years later while at Sparsholt College the mill and mix lorry was due on a Saturday and the stockman was looking for two volunteers to help so my mate and I put our hands up. Feck awful job. Screaming V6 Detroit engine for four hours, itchy dust and heavy sacks.
No wonder Dad didn’t do it for long before he went driving for a firm that delivered brewers grains on tippers and had bulk milk tankers!
- Location
- North Norfolk
More 50s photos. The Allis B was ideal for tractor hoeing. Me on the seat!
Proper B&W cows!
The 2 60 foot silos were for moist barley combined at about 22% moisture, and fed to barley beef
Our Pest Control sprayer. Notice the fags in use.
Proper B&W cows!
The 2 60 foot silos were for moist barley combined at about 22% moisture, and fed to barley beef
Our Pest Control sprayer. Notice the fags in use.
- Location
- North Norfolk
Today's 90s video
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Lovely photos. Lovely British Friesian too
I think you are a very lucky man to have a family with the foresight to take a lot of photos
Hopefully Freddie might think the same about me when I'm gone in 40 years time
Nice vid to watch, takes you back
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
I bet it was that bloody "Bull on the bowler hat" what changed your cows to them lanky bloody looking things, what came after!
d williams
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Holsteins starting to creep into the herd but they’ve got some milk
Can I ask why small bales rather then rounds?
- Location
- North Norfolk
We had been doing small bales since Claas stopped putting bunchers on the back of combines, and were equipped for them. Moved to round bales around the turn of the century.
- Location
- pembrokeshire
fantastick keep it up what a wonderful record of farming ,you had some real good steady workers there and some great looking stock a farm to be proud of
are you still farming and is there another generation carrying on the farm? any more films (im greedy)unfortunately no one in my family had the forethought to take photos just the od visitor
are you still farming and is there another generation carrying on the farm? any more films (im greedy)unfortunately no one in my family had the forethought to take photos just the od visitor
- Location
- North Norfolk
I am still farming at 70, no family to carry on. Currently trying to recruit an engineer to take on what I do - I came back to the farm in 1998 after 22 years in Malawi as a research engineer (energy saving, tea manufacture) and have put much custom work into the farm and AD plant.
- Location
- North Norfolk
Early 60s photos today:
Carrot harvest
Beet harvest
1958
Beet drilling - I seem to remember the drill being made by Bean, although this might be when we went to Stanhay
Carrot harvest
Beet harvest
1958
Beet drilling - I seem to remember the drill being made by Bean, although this might be when we went to Stanhay
d williams
Member
Has the ad plant replaced the milking cows?
You can say that again! Don't know much about cows, but that one just looks 'right'.
Out of curiosity, do animals like that still exist? Or has the game moved on?
- Location
- North Norfolk
No, the AD replaced sugar beet. Cow slurry and whey from our cows milk cheese making feeds the digester
- Location
- North Norfolk
Now for 1964
- Location
- Darlington
Are you the `& SON` ?...At least you had the best make of tractor at the time?