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- 06 Feb 2019, 14:13
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: Durham Agricultural Society
- Replies: 4
- Views: 47866
Re: Durham Agricultural Society
I have finally found an answer to this question, from Seb Littlewood, Head of Rural Life at the Beamish Museum, who says: 'The Durham Agricultural Society was founded in September (15th I think) 1783 in Darlington. The first county show was held in 1841 at Chester le Street, just a couple of miles f...
- 29 Jan 2019, 08:11
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: 18th Century Recipe Booklet - for cows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34063
Re: 18th Century Recipe Booklet - for cows
Hi Kelly
I was not aware that this was a limitation of being a 'newly registered user'. But I have removed you from the 'Newly registered users' group now, so would you like to try sending a message to Alan again? Let me know whether it works!
Catherine
I was not aware that this was a limitation of being a 'newly registered user'. But I have removed you from the 'Newly registered users' group now, so would you like to try sending a message to Alan again? Let me know whether it works!
Catherine
- 25 Jan 2019, 18:28
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: Animal stockades
- Replies: 13
- Views: 36584
Re: Animal stockades
I wouldn't believe everything you read online! I would like to hear what other agricultural historians think, as this is not within my expertise, but a) how would the stock get in and out of a hawthorn stockade? b) wouldn't shepherds, dogs, hurdles, etc be more effective? and c) perhaps if it was a ...
- 22 Jan 2019, 08:23
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: Animal stockades
- Replies: 13
- Views: 36584
Re: Animal stockades
Hi Kellyj I'm sorry I did not approve your topic post sooner! (I have to have post-approval switched on for new members to prevent spam being posted, but I don't receive notifications about the approvals.) I can add my tuppence-worth: I am sure animal stockades would have been made out of hawthorns,...
- 08 Jan 2019, 22:23
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: Shire Horse stud farms
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14470
Re: Shire Horse stud farms
I have a reply from Yvonne Hatch, who says she is 'not sure if “purpose-built, single-phase farm complexes for the breeding of Shire Horses….etc….” means a dedicated heavy horse breeding stud on farm land. Most of the major heavy horse studs in the UK were based on the great estates, and I would bel...
- 27 Nov 2018, 20:35
- Forum: Read this first
- Topic: How will I know when someone replies?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 88677
Re: How will I know when someone replies?
You can either subscribe to the topic. Or - even better - subscribe to the whole discussion forum. I.e Agricultural History. There is a checkbox down at the bottom of the main page.
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- 22 Nov 2018, 13:01
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: 'The best idea we ever had'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18049
Re: 'The best idea we ever had'
Thanks, Nutmeg!
- 21 Nov 2018, 17:22
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: 'The best idea we ever had'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18049
'The best idea we ever had'
"National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst." Apparently this was said or written by Wallace Stegner in 1983. It's been picked up as a slogan by the US National Parks (not surprisingly). Does anyone know...
- 21 Nov 2018, 17:11
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: Spede the Plough and Farmers Arms pottery
- Replies: 0
- Views: 45653
Spede the Plough and Farmers Arms pottery
I am posting on behalf of Peter, who is trying to determine what stimulated English potteries to market jugs and mugs decorated with rhymes such as 'God Spede the Plough' and farming implements so widely in the 19th Century. 'God Spede the Plough' is the name of a 16th Century manuscript poem which ...
- 28 Aug 2018, 16:12
- Forum: Agricultural history
- Topic: A building referred to as a Buck House
- Replies: 6
- Views: 44561
Re: A building referred to as a Buck House
Brendan, it might be useful to say which part of the British Isles your Buck House references come from.
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