Ploughing championships 1954

[DaveB]

Amazing antics hopping on and off tractors.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Cracking.

“The whole town went gay and thousands turned out to cheer”. !!

I doubt there’s many bother to turn out these days.

Was it just my phone or were there big gaps in the sound?

 

[le bon paysan]

I watched it last night on the smart TV ,and it had gaps in the sound @Cab-over Pete

 

[oakleaf]

Amazing antics hopping on and off tractors.ò

Looks like some of those fellas thought they were still ploughing with horses.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

They probably were only a few years earlier

 

[DaveB]

A quick search on Google shows Hugh Barr was awarded an MBE in 2015

Northern Ireland World Champion ploughman receives MBE in Queen’s Honours

He is the oldest person in Northern Ireland to receive recognition from the Queen in her birthday honours but Hugh Barr is taking his MBE all in his stride.

www.farminguk.com

 

[Dave W]

I just counted 483 health and safety violations by 2019 standards

 

[Cab-over Pete]

How did they survive?

 

[bumkin]

How did they survive?

they survived because they weren't snowflakes back in the old days it was common to get off and walk alongside warm your hands on the exhaust and adjust the plough just think boys no cabs sitting there for ten hours in the cold no heater no shelter bugger all creature comforts,

 

[robo]

they survived because they weren't snowflakes back in the old days it was common to get off and walk alongside warm your hands on the exhaust and adjust the plough just think boys no cabs sitting there for ten hours in the cold no heater no shelter bugger all creature comforts,

been there done that.. Then the old chap took the fun out of the job by buying a Lambourne cab. Happy days, yea right

 

[SMID]

Ex ww2 flying jacket that was miles to big held together with an army webbing belt and motor bike gloves the fur on the inside black with heating your hands with the exhaust smoke the joys.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Don’t forget a hessian bag full of straw to add some luxury to the cast iron seat.

 

[Muddyroads]

Does anyone have any pictures of the 1957 world championships held in Germany?
The first man I worked for, who has been a lifelong inspiration, was the first British winner of the golden plough that year.

 

[Selectamatic]

Does anyone have any pictures of the 1957 world championships held in Germany?
The first man I worked for, who has been a lifelong inspiration, was the first British winner of the golden plough that year.

I don’t, but should you be able to find a copy of Power Farming around that time, they probably would have covered the competition in their magazine.

 

[robo]

I don’t, but should you be able to find a copy of Power Farming around that time, they probably would have covered the competition in their magazine.

might be abit early for power farming , try farm mechanisation