Beamish Museum, cycles, vehicles amd more (Continued Mar 25th )

[Scaleyback]

Something a little different this time that our more 'senior members' may remember ?
These were taken at Beamish but I have converted them to mono and tried to replicate photographs of that era.

Let me preface them with the 1st two verses of a bitter sweet poem by A.E.Houseman called 'Is My Team Ploughing'

Is my team ploughing,
That I was used to drive
And hear the harness jingle
When I was man alive?

Ay, the horses trample,
The harness jingles now;
No change though you lie under
The land you used to plough."

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Beautiful, both beasts & images

 

[KnittyNorah]

Something a little different this time that our more 'senior members' may remember ?
These were taken at Beamish but I have converted them to mono and tried to replicate photographs of that era.

Let me preface them with the 1st two verses of a bitter sweet poem by A.E.Houseman called 'Is My Team Ploughing'

Is my team ploughing,
That I was used to drive
And hear the harness jingle
When I was man alive?

Ay, the horses trample,
The harness jingles now;
No change though you lie under
The land you used to plough."

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Glorious, glorious.

 

[T4tomo]

Something a little different this time that our more 'senior members' may remember ?

Very senior i reckon! My grandad used to plough with horses!!

To be fair my Dad (born 1938) would have as a young man, I do recall him talking about getting the horse geared up. He also lost a few teeth getting his face in the way of donkey cart wheel, when the donkey bolted as he was attaching it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I understand the artistic bend, but would like to see them in colour, or even the originals, have you thought to a website showing the originals along side the 'modified' ones, linked to a printing service you could made a tidy living from your hobby (10% commission claim being submitted)

 

[Scaleyback]

Very senior i reckon! My grandad used to plough with horses!!

To be fair my Dad (born 1938) would have as a young man, I do recall him talking about getting the horse geared up. He also lost a few teeth getting his face in the way of donkey cart wheel, when the donkey bolted as he was attaching it.

Hmm, " The 1950s saw the end of the making of ploughs for horses in Scotland."

 

[Scaleyback]

I understand the artistic bend, but would like to see them in colour, or even the originals, have you thought to a website showing the originals along side the 'modified' ones, linked to a printing service you could made a tidy living from your hobby (10% commission claim being submitted)

" you could made a tidy living from your hobby " Nice of you to say so, but it would then cease to be an hobby, wouldn't it ?

Here are a couple more, for you, in colour.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Awesome although he needs to lower that blade to make them work a little

 

[gbb]

Love the B&W photos Scaleyback...

 

[postman]

Beamish is fantastic a great place to visit,we stayed overnight in a Prem Inn.

 

[DRM]

A friend of ours from caravanning days had used horse drawn ploughs as a lad, was very interesting to learn exactly how they were used, and the way it was set up from someone who had used one for real, certainly he’d seen huge changes from that to his then current Ford Tractor

 

[Scaleyback]

Ok, been away on holiday time for some more from Beamish.

Comments welcomed, good or bad !

 

[AndyRM]

Really like the ones of the vehicles. The people I'm not so keen on for some reason, just not my thing especially.

 

[Scaleyback]

I started showing you some of my Pictures taken at Beamish. Let's continue with some more.