Victorian Summer, A
- Synopsis
- Paul Heiney looks at the Victorian age of farming, period machinery and traditional livestock breeds. He follows three crops - oats, potatoes and grass, from sowing to harvest, re-creating the days of horse-ploughing and steam thrashing. He shows a typical farm with its cows milked by hand and its traditional breeds of sheep and pigs. He also talks to craftsmen and women from East Angia who are keeping alive the old skills such as rick-thatching, wheelwrighting, making straw beehives, cowslip wine, butter, traditional lemonade, etc.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2003
- Year of production
- 2002
- Notes
- Broadcast in weekly episodes on Anglia Television from 16/2/03
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Keywords
- farming; rural development; social history; Victorian life
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Price
- £19.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 180 minutes
- Year
- 2003
Production Company
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Old Pond Publishing
- info@oldpond.com
- Web
- http://www.oldpond.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 238 200
- Fax
- 01473 238 201
- Address
- Dencora Business Centre
36 White House Road
Ipswich
IP1 5LT - Notes
- DVDs and books for enthusiasts in the land-based industries: farmers and smallholders, workers in the earthmoving, forestry and heavy transport occupations. Titles deal with current activities and machinery as well as the history of the industries.
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