Topic: Victorin Farm

[RSJK]

  Last programme next week......shame they could not do the hay harvest  and must say those pigs looked great lazing in the sun

[Eristic]

Why did they not just get the scythes out? No self-respecting farmer would just look at the harvest spoil without making a simple effort.

[carrot-cruncher]

My grandfather worked his farm with Shire horses his entire life.    He had two pairs so they had a day on & a day off.   I used to love sitting cross-legged on their back because they were so wide.

As a child in the early 70s I remember helping Grandma do the laundry using a posher and mangle because they didn't have a washing machine.   Even when my uncle offered to buy them a twin tub to make things easier they declined 'cos "we've always done it this way & bit of hard work won't hurt us" (both were in their 70's at this point!!!).

I also remember having to help milk cows in the morning due to a power cut & the sheer joy of being able to drink lovely warm milk direct from the cow.

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[Patrick King]

I thinking there might be another series of this. as in the last ep they said they pack the farm house up for the next lot. 

i hope so, cause its a good program better than all them csi etc.

[tonybloke]

Don't ythey have 'plough sunday' everywhere rural in the u.k? we often go to watch the horses ploughing, alongside vintage tractors (and modern ones) ;)

[saddad]

I'm old enough to remember rinsing and wringing by hand, although we had just got an electric machine with mangle to do the main wash. Wringing took the skin off between my finger and thumb every week...  :o

[tonybloke]

Ow! I bet that hurt