Harvest Time - 1938

[@andrewkitchenuk]

Did my share of haymaking as a teenager in the 1950s, bloody hard work and you had to know how to pace yourself to last a long day but you certainly slept well that night.

[@neildelaney5199]

Yes hard work, I used to think after only one day I'd never make the next day, but soon got the hang of it , The best part for me was getting the last load in before the pub shut, for that well deserved pint, oh how i miss those happy days

[@oliveringram3056]

Same here, and didn't need to go down to the Gym to keep fit.....they don't know the're born these days.

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Reminds me of the tales my dad told me, growing up on an estate farm, managed by my grandfather That was in Norfolk UK where brick and flint buildings dominated the landscape Thank you for sharing the film Geoff

[@MrACOUSTICPETE]

Haymaking in the 60's on my uncle's farm was a unique experience of community , hard graft ,good humour ,,cooperative effort and satisfaction of completing a vital job . Topped off with haytime supper . A life affirming experience . A recipe I miss in these " modern times ! "

[@stone4173]

How life and people where better, yet had very little, unlike today where we have to much but still unhappy

[@Michaelfatman-xo7gv]

It's up to you, same as 1938, whether you are happy or not.

[@robertnymand9889]

Both my grandpa's did alot of this work. My 1 grandpa owned a thresh machine. Had a good size ring he traveled.

[@mikejames6105]

That’s exactly how my grandad and great-grandad worked in the 1920s and 1930s. Everything was horse power with very long days in favourable weather. I’m not sure when great-grandad bought his first tractor but it would have been post-war when the number of farm labourers decreased considerably.

[@Mr_b_yorkshire_farmer]

Fantastic thank you for sharing. Can I please have this life and time please.

[@johncourtneidge]

Thank-you

[@ginojaco]

Good film, fair commentary and good choice of music - but poor choice of volume setting!

[@EricOconnell-j5r]

Great..i work on farm early 1970 work weekends Cleaning cows out milking and help out on harvest stacking bales more ..just kept going round field walking while farmer on tractor Hard day ..never stops on farm..

[@chrismarshall45]

Great video The violin playing in the background is rather irritating though

[@robfrench3379]

Lovely video, but the music is too intrusive

[@outoftownr3906]

Imagine going through that gate & seeing that huge field you have to cut 😂

[@oliveringram3056]

He was only cutting a strip round the outside so the Binder could travel round the first time without treading the crop down.

[@Mark-d1q4i]

Well they must like it,

[@TMxl-w5t]

Lovely old film, but that music is way to loud

[@thepotterer3726]

Does anyone know what County this is filmed in?

[@philipoconnor2236]

Did the thrashing happen then seperately?

[@neilwhat]

Yes, you would have threshing gangs with a steam engine and thresher. They would go farm to farm as most farms could not afford one of their own.

[@NeProstyjHlop]

Дивовижно, як ми за 100 років перейшли від збирання 10 людьми 10 гектарів зернових до збирання 100 гектарів 1 людиною на комбайні

[@joshuadransfield2900]

The original version and commentary of this video by A G Street is much nicer.

[@adyjl7710]

Agreed.

[@phubblewubbphubblewubb]

I despise the combines we use now, one can always see chopped body parts of Fawns and ground dwelling birds, my dog is a scavenger so she shows me.....I remember using an old swan necked scythe in the 1980's to clear the footpaths, so relaxing and not hard work as they were well balanced tools.

[@hugoagogo9435]

Yeah try doing a few hundred or even thousand acres with a sythe before the weather breaks and see how relaxing it is. Stressful enough with a combine.

[@charliedoherty5965]

​@@hugoagogo9435I worked with both and the combine is the tool to make progress..the sythe has its place but not on a modern farm no more.😊

[@barkershill]

Of course scything is hard work . Unless you only go at it half heartedly . A fawn is at least three months old by harvest time and will get out the way , plus no combine driver would let an animal get caught up as it would cause a major blockage in the works . Ground nesting birds ? In August? A pheasant poult maybe , but same as for a fawn no one wants it going through the machinery . Maybe you are thinking of forage harvesters making silage , as I did witness a fawn getting killed in one of those , as this was in late May , when the fawns are new born . It was totally unintentional , and very sad to it witness as the grieving mother hung around the mangled body for several days defending it from crows and foxes .

[@marynolan8337]

No body overweight then.Simple food fresh eggs,Apple Tart A picnic in the hay field it was divine.

[@willbass2869]

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