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Life on the Old Farm Tom Quinn

Life on the Old Farm By Tom Quinn

Life on the Old Farm by Tom Quinn


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Summary

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 Summary

Life on the Old Farm by Tom Quinn

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.

About Tom Quinn

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.

Table of Contents

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.

Additional information

GOR004604562
9781446300657
144630065X
Life on the Old Farm by Tom Quinn
Used - Very Good
Hardback
David & Charles
20110426
224
N/A
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