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A day of rural recreation and nostalgia at Fengate Farm in Norfolk as we bring in the golden harvest, featuring farming scenes from the 1940's & 50's.
Turn back the clock to the golden years of farming as we recreate scenes reminiscent of more than sixty summers ago with steam and other vintage machinery to portray the annual rite of bringing in the harvest
£75.00
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About this event
We are delighted to offer another opportunity to recreate the agricultural scenes of decades past, when harvesting by hand was a way of life and ancient steam engines complemented more ‘modern’ tractors which themselves have now become period pieces.
Our visits to Weeting are amongst our most successful and long-running events and never fail to produce fantastic and evocative images. It is the mixture of vintage machinery at work doing what it was designed to do decades ago, alongside farm workers whose dress closely mirrors that worn when the practices demonstrated during our events were both common and essential to the survival and wellbeing of the nation. We aim to have several steam engines in action including Burrell crane Lord Derby with living van. The harvest will be gathered in and bound together in the morning, loaded up traditional tools, then later in the day will be threshed using a traditional threshing drum.
In addition to the steam and other vintage vehicles, we will have our usual contingent of wonderful re-enactors, not only playing a part but actually working the land in a fashion that lay at the heart of the rural landscape for over a hundred years. Expect our shooting, picnic and other entertainment, providing a unique series of opportunities for photography and to capture potentially award-winning images. There are very, very few locations where such scenes can be so accurately and joyfully recreated, and we hope you will be able to join us to share the fun and heritage that together combine to make our visits to Weeting so memorable.
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Our day will start around 10.30 and will run until around 17.00.
The event is limited to 22 photographers to ensure comfortable surroundings.
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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