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Olden days at work

bluegreen

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GJ Pecks Ely Depot pre harvest 1987.
 

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This is an old one, 1860's or 70's I would guess - not necessarily at work but taking a well earned rest! It shows my gt gt grandfather (2nd from right) with his three brothers and a workman (far left). They were drovers from the Tregaron area and seem fairly prosperous, at the time only freeholders could be drovers. My ancestor then moved to this area in 1870.
The brother in the middle was a large man for the time and there's a record that he weighed 24 stone. Btw the brother 2nd from left was the gt gt grandfather to our local AM Elin Jones.
Brodyr Tynberth.jpg

I had to look closely at that picture, at first I thought the workman was standing, with a white full length coat, I thought he's not very tall, being the same height as the men sitting down. Then I couldn't see any legs protruding from his white coat, which was strange.then I looked at his head and decided it was a monkey.
No offence intended, but. My eyes sometimes see things not as they are....
 

Johngee

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Llandysul
I had to look closely at that picture, at first I thought the workman was standing, with a white full length coat, I thought he's not very tall, being the same height as the men sitting down. Then I couldn't see any legs protruding from his white coat, which was strange.then I looked at his head and decided it was a monkey.
No offence intended, but. My eyes sometimes see things not as they are....
You should've gone to specsavers! Of course he's got legs!
 

Old Boar

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Location
West Wales
The whole sheaf was chucked into the mangers. They ate most of it and the scrap went for bedding. No strings to cut. The sheen on the cattle was something to behold!

The sheaves were stacked heads in on some pallets to quite a height and a tarp thrown over the lot, after they had been out for "3 church bells" and turned regularly. The children called the stooks "eeyore houses" and had lovely fun running in and out of them.

As soon as the reaper binder came, a whole crowd of old men turned up, and showed me how to gather and tie a sheaf, as the knotter did not work. They all got stuck in and loved it. Someone else turned up with a basket of cups and sweet tea in a small churn, and someone else with warm Welsh cakes, which was lovely as I wanted to do the field work. I ended up with about 20 people in the field, all having a lovely time, gossip flying and endless jokes.

A golden time that will not be repeated.
 

Riverblue

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Ceredigion
This is an old one, 1860's or 70's I would guess - not necessarily at work but taking a well earned rest! It shows my gt gt grandfather (2nd from right) with his three brothers and a workman (far left). They were drovers from the Tregaron area and seem fairly prosperous, at the time only freeholders could be drovers. My ancestor then moved to this area in 1870.
The brother in the middle was a large man for the time and there's a record that he weighed 24 stone. Btw the brother 2nd from left was the gt gt grandfather to our local AM Elin Jones.
Brodyr Tynberth.jpg


I have seen this picture before with a neighbor of mine who is very keen on local history. From what i could remember there was some writing on the picture stating that they were 5 brothers. But what surprised me more was from where in Tregaron they come. It stated that they come from a farm called Tynberth which is about 3 miles outside Tregaron. Well that where I live!!! Small world.
 

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