Life on the Old Farm

Tom Quinn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2011
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-1-4463-0065-7 (ISBN)

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Takes you back to a time, not so long ago, when farming in Britain followed a pattern that had remained largely unchanged for centuries. This book reveals insights into farming life from Edwardian times and before up to the coming of mechanization after World War II.

"Life on the Old Farm" takes you back to a time, not so long ago, when farming in Britain followed a pattern that had remained largely unchanged for centuries. Farmers from all over Britain - the last generation who knew at first hand traditions dating back to Saxon times - reveal their knowledge in a series of fascinating reminiscences. It reveals insights into farming life from Edwardian times and before up to the coming of mechanization after World War II. The personal accounts and reminiscences include many amusing human stories as well as eccentric country characters.

Tom Quinn is a writer, editor and a social historian. He is the author of the bestselling Tales of the Old Railwaymen, as well as books on countryside history, antique collecting, fishing and walking. He is currently the editor of Country Landowner magazine and former editor of The Countryman.

Introduction; Quoits and Carters; High Days and Holidays; 'The World's All Wrong'; The Musician of the Fields; A Marshman, Born and Bred; A Boy at the Plough; A Farming Dynasty; At the Hiring Fair; Button Hooks and Britches; Shepherd and Horseman; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.4.2011
Verlagsort	Newton Abbot
Sprache	englisch
Maße	118 x 182 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4463-0065-X / 144630065X
ISBN-13	978-1-4463-0065-7 / 9781446300657
Zustand	Neuware