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  • Hand-shearing

    Hand-shearing

    BOT/173/009
    This picture shows sheep beeing sheared by hand out in the fields, though it is not certain where or when, ...
  • Albert Skelhorn with bull, at Poplar Farm, Plungar

    Albert Skelhorn with bull, at Poplar Farm, Plungar

    BOT/189/060
  • John Bonser Kirk (junior) on the binder

    John Bonser Kirk (junior) on the binder

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    The three horse team draws the binder, with John Bonser Kirk at the helm, through the hay harvest.
  • "Lady" and her foal, Pasture Farm, Plungar

    "Lady" and her foal, Pasture Farm, Plungar

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    John Bonser Kirk (junior) with the mare. “Lady” and her foal, at Poplar Farm, Plungar.
  • "Bonnie", "Captain" and "Blossom", at Poplar Farm, Plungar

    "Bonnie", "Captain" and "Blossom", at Poplar Farm, Plungar

    BOT/189/014
    L-R: “Bonnie”, “Captain” and “Blossom”, the team of three horses pulling the binding machine at Poplar Farm, Plungar. Working the ...
  • "Ponton Pioneer" at Poplar Farm, Plungar

    "Ponton Pioneer" at Poplar Farm, Plungar

    BOT/189/013
    This powerful horse, “Ponton Pioneer”, stands by the sheds at Poplar Farm, Plungar, and holding the bridle is Ted Brooks.
  • Hay cart at Granby Lane, Plungar

    Hay cart at Granby Lane, Plungar

    BOT/189/012
    This picture was taken while the hay was being got in from the field by Granby Lane, Plungar. Standing on ...
  • Harvesting the hay

    Harvesting the hay

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    Left: Tom Bonser Kirk wearing his cap, and to the right: Fred Allen.
  • Pictures from Mr Dennis Kirk's photo album

    Pictures from Mr Dennis Kirk's photo album

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    Photographs scanned some ten years ago, by kind permission of Mr Dennis Kirk and Mrs Joan Kirk of Plungar, Leicestershire. Dennis ...
  • Not Forgetting - Chapter 8: The Working Village

    Not Forgetting - Chapter 8: The Working Village

  • Memories of Herbert Turner

    Memories of Herbert Turner

    Muston in Wartime
  • At Belvoir High School, 1978.

    At Belvoir High School, 1978.

    BOT/169/059
    In this picture, Philip Sutton and three of the school students are seen by the animal pens at Belvoir High ...
  • Bottesford ridge and furrow

    Bottesford ridge and furrow

    BOT/046/013
    The distribution of ridge-and-furrow in the fields around Bottesford
  • Photographs contributed by Mr John Goodson

    Photographs contributed by Mr John Goodson

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    A large collection of photographs that includes two sets of pictures of farming in 1948 and 1954. Other photographs show ...
  • Mr Owen Cooke with horse

    Mr Owen Cooke with horse

    BOT/035/010
    Owen Cooke was a stockman employed by Mrs Betty Lee. He was an active member, and Secretary, of the Melton ...
  • Mr Cooke, displaying pedigree bull

    Mr Cooke, displaying pedigree bull

    BOT/035/011
    A picture showing stockman Owen Cooke displaying a pedigree bull. This bull won many prizes for his employers, the Lee ...
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