Agriculture & Farming

Village life in Norfolk (1930s-1960s)

Ron talks about farming and village life in Norfolk, and working in maintenance at RAF Marham. Early life and family I was born in November

Changing times in farming (1930s-2018)

Henry is a Norfolk farmer whose ancestors came from Scotland to Norfolk. He talks about his working life and the changes which have occurred since

Cows, hens and holiday makers: a complete family farm (1970-2018)

David, Joanna and Margaret talk about their complete family farm, including cows, chickens and holiday lets at Wheatacre in Norfolk. David … I was born

Following the cow’s tale (1960-2018)

John was the herd manager at Billockby Farms and still works for the farm in a part-time capacity on Martham Island (Heigham Holmes) I was

Cows for company (1950s-2017)

Tony grew up on the marshes and has been involved with them all his life. He talks about coypu, drainage, agriculture and the future of

Farmer, marshman – always animals (1960s-2017)

Marshman Paul was born on a marsh farm, where he and his twin brother were involved with the work from a very early age. He

Side by side on the land: Riding the binders, cutting the corn – David (1936-1987)

David and his twin brother John began working on the farm in 1936, at the age of 14. It was a hard life but a

Side by side on the land: Riding the binders, cutting the corn – John (1936-1989)

John and his twin brother David began working on the land at the age of 14 in 1936 and carried on until the late 1980s.

Laughter brings life to the marshes (1930s-2017)

Bill lived and worked on the marshes in Norfolk all his life. He talks about all the jobs involved and the changes that took place

A life on the land (1948-2005)

Gordon didn’t want to go into carpentry as a young man. He said ‘Farming is what I love and what I want to do’ and

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