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Thursday 4th April 2024 Weeting, Norfolk, IP27 0QF
A full day of rural farming photography at Fengate Farm, Weeting, featuring farming scenes from the 1940's & 50's.
Celebrate photographically a lost way of life as we return to traditional farming set against the splendid backdrop of the Weeting Estate in Norfolk. With Thrashing, Ploughing, Binding, Steam Engines, Land Girls and so much more.
£75.00
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About this event
Join us for a day filled with farming nostalgia as we recall the days when steam was an everyday part of rural life, with traction engines driving the farm equipment such as binders, thrashing machines, wood cutting and of course many appropriately-dressed crews and land girls.
Once upon a time, steam power ruled the roads, the waves, the rails and the fields. Giant ploughing engines hauling their crew’s living vans moved from farm to farm working the land, contractors built and repaired roads using road rollers and stone crushing machinery, fairgrounds with glittering showman’s engines lit up the night and railway locomotives headed powerful intercity expresses and trundled along rural branch lines with goods and local passenger trains. Gradually, as diesel and petrol began to supersede steam, the familiar and reassuring hiss of steam and shrill, distant whistles fell silent until by the early 1970s the use of steam commercially had all but vanished.
Our events allow you to capture the atmosphere of what for many were the golden years of agriculture, along with some of the other activities that were carried out with the help of steam traction. Today we will have several engines in steam covering a range of activities once common in the earlier years of the Twentieth Century. We will not only have the engines, but also use of living vans which used to be towed between work venues and used by crews for overnight stays and longer, plus other equipment associated with the steam era. Our crews and land girls all dress appropriately to complete the traditional scenes, providing ideal period cameos.
Our day will start around 10.30 and will run until around 17.30.
There should be some limited catering options available during the day but this will be confirmed nearer the time.
The event is limited to 22 photographers to ensure comfortable surroundings.
Event requirements
Equipment
- Spare batteries
- Camera
- Lense cloths
- Lenses
- Camera protection - rain covers etc
Other things you should bring
- Flask of hot drink
- Bottled water
Knowledge
- All levels welcome
Fitness
- Medium
Other essentials
- Sturdy outdoor shoes
- Warm clothing
- Wet weather gear
