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Welcome to the past

The menu on the right links to main topics. Text links at top and bottom of the main pages enable you to discover more on each subject, including sound and video.

Wander freely and enjoy your visit.

sound file: horse greeting Welcome!

John Gate, farmer, born 1917: "There was an old man used to say: any fathead could plough.... but it took a good man to harrow." In these pages you may find out why.

Above right: ploughing with two horses in the 1930s. It is warm work: the ploughman has hung his jacket on the hames of the nearside horse.

Ploughing with 2 horses - the ploughman's view
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The Fell Pony Society
Logo and link: Mijn Lievelingsdier Award 2003.
Logo and link: Stackyard Supersite

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