Dairy farming has perhaps seen the biggest changes over the past few decades. Here’s another digital story created for this project; making oral history interviews more accessible and for our work in schools. In it Harry talks about some of the changes he has witnessed over his lifetime as a farmer in Zennor. Harry's Story- […]
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Getting creative with field names…
One thing that always fascinates me is the names that farmers give their fields. Often passed down through generations and outlined in old deeds, these names provide incites into the past use of fields. Sometimes the history of a field is passed along with the name… sometimes it is lost, leaving mysterious names, often in […]
Discovering Bee boles…
The other week whilst visiting Trewey Farm in Zennor, farmer Harry Mann kindly shared with me his bee boles! “Do you know what a bee bole is?!” he asked whilst we bumped along in his range rover, “No idea…” I soon found out and here they are… 2 rectangular holes built into a Cornish Hedge […]
Heather’s Story- Always a pleasure…
Heather's Story- Childhood memories of farming in Cornwall from StoryLines on Vimeo. Here is another digital story that we have made by editing down an oral history interview and linking this with images. This is the story of Heather Rogers, a livestock farmer from near St.Ives. This story gives a taster of Heathers life on […]
Man, Machine and Nature… Combining by Brindley Hosken
Here’s another of Brindley’s tales of farming near Manaccan. One August day some thirty summers ago, I was chosen to drive the combine for the day. I filled it up with diesel and drove out to the Griddle where a lovely crop of barley was waiting for me. I set the combine up and then […]
Mystery solved!
Here is artist Lousie McClary on her recent discoveries around her local fields… I have been having a lovely time drawing down at Bonnal farm, wandering the lanes and watching the trees start to form those lovely red tops now the buds are getting ready to burst forth. I found a fantastic field with beautiful […]
Sheep shearing at Methleigh
All photos copyright of Sarah C Chapman Over 2010-2011 I was fortunate to photograph many different aspects of Cornish farming. Whilst spending the day scanning negatives for ‘Tallys an Tir’ I remembered these images of sheep shearing at Methleigh Farm in Porthleven that I never got around to digitizing or printing. It was amazing how […]
Dialect of a Cornish farmer
John's Story- dialect of a Cornish Farmer from StoryLines on Vimeo. Here is the 1st of 10 digital stories which have been made as part of ‘Tallys an Tir.’ In this John talks through some dialect words that he has grown up using farming around St.Wenn. Thank you John for your time and photographs.
