FARMING in HICKLING:
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A preference for animal work
Diversification at Poplar Farm - 1
Diversification at Poplar Farm - 2
Diversification at Poplar Farm - 3
Sugar beet was labour intensive…
Farmers were big employers
Farming has become a lonely job
Reflections on changes in farming
Harvest time and rabbits
Working with horses - and the RAF
Inky Baker’s nickname
Getting his own farm
Changes in farming
A brush with Health and Safety
Breaking in horses
Birdwatchers
Rabbiting in the harvest
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More farming memories - page 6
Photo by Ann Louise Kinmonth
Colin Shingles has quite a wicked sense of humour, used here to good effect on a group of bird watchers…
A pair of Cranes, -
photographed by John Tallowin
Page updated 11/2/21