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To the quiet French peasants pursuing their work in the field Mr Wilbur Wright appeared almost as a wizard, when first the famous American aeroplanes began his flights near Pau they quickly ceased
Members of the Women Land Army (WLA) being helped by German Prisoners of War to gather in a harvest as they get to work on a farm in Hertfordshire, England after the Second World War. Circa June 1946
American troops take a break from their intensive training whilst in England to help bring in the harvest. Our Picture Shows
Farmer gathering in the havest in the fields and hills in and around the County Donegal village of Glencolumbkille Northern Ireland 7th September 1963
Land Army Girls stooking the corn in a Cambridge field. Circa 1939
An army Lewis machine gun unit well equipped to deal with enemy raiders. In the background the old farmhand gets on with the job of getting in the harvest as the Battle of Britain rages in the skies
Father and daughter out for a Sunday bike ride watches the farmers of Stansted gather in the harvest. 10th August 1964
Tea-time in the harvest field. A brief pause for the three Clydesdales pulling a binder through a crop of oats. Temple Sowerby, Westmorland. Circa 1920
Cutting reeds in Norfolk. 12th February 1938
Reed cutting at Broad Farm, Rockland St Mary, Norfolk. An industry which gives considerable employment in Norfolk. This farm cultivates reeds and grasses. 14th May 1933
Reed cutting on Rockland Broad. There is an increasing demand for the Norfolk reeds, the finest in the world. 9th April 1935
Preparing the watercress harvest. Watercress beds throughout the country, more so in the North, have suffered this year owing to the continued drought
Members of the Women Land Army (WLA) at work on a farm in Hertfordshire, England after the Second World War. Circa June 1946
January is the time of year when they cut and bundle osiers in the countryside. They are much used in farms and gardens to make hurdles
Twenty four hours a day construction continues on the 165ft grain silo at Spillers Ltd, Cleveland Street, in the heart of industrial Hull
Hay threshing at Holbeton. Circa 1949
Land Army Girls stooking the corn, At the start of the Second World War many West Country farmers were still using horses and antiquated equipment. Circa 1940
Descendants of indentured East Indian labourers working in the sugar cane fields in Trinidad. Circa December 1946
Harvesting near London. Mechanics is now part of the farm labourers job. Harvesting with a mechanical binder and tractor. Soon this will be superseded by the combined harvester as the binder
Hay making at Four Elms Leigh in Kent. 1st July 1939
World War Two - Second World War - Former Land Army and Timber Girls, spent the afternoon baling hay with an old threshing machine
World War Two - Second World War - Members of the Womens Land Army and members of the Young Farmers Clubs in Durham march to a service at the County School of Agriculture, Houghall
St Faith Rush Industry Rockland St Mary Norfolk A Boatload of Chique reed is cut and is used in experiments being made with this for paper making Agriculture Rural Industry rush /Reed Cutting Reed
Farmer gathering in the hay in the hills and fields over looking the County Donegal village of Glencolumbkille watched by his dog 7th September 1963
Farmers at work, harvesting crops at their farm in Cullompton, Devon July 1930 Alf 211
Land girls on their way home from the field in military area East Anglia The crops have to be harvested within fourteen days circa 1942
Farmers gathering in the hay in the hills and fields over looking the County Donegal village of Glencolumbkille 7th September 1963
Gathering in the hay on the hills and fields overlooking the Northern Ireland village of Glencolumbkille 7th September 1963
Hop picking in progress in the Kent Country Women hard at work with branches of hops September 1941
Girls of the Womens Land Army organisation sowing potatoes on a farm in Essex with a new machine The machine sows 4 rows of potatoes and covers them, doing the work of 8 people and a horse
A Cls combine harvester opening up a field of winter barley
Echoes of a slower way of life on the farm. This picture was taken in September 1950 at Lintzford Farm, on the banks of the Derwent, in County Durham
Farm hands gathering in the harvest in October 1955
Land girl plowing field with tractor in Berkshire. November 1940
Land girls haymaking wearing swimming costumes as they work circa 1942
Women during WW2 - Kathleen Joyce has 28 days Agricultural Leave and is helping with the harvest at a Home Counties farm. The harvest is stated by farmers to be a record one. circa 1940
Women during War - girls of the Womens Land Army giving a demonstration of how to stack hay for the winter, from the Scenes at Farm & Country Life Exhibition on the town-moor Newcastle WW2 circa 1940
Scene in an English field in East Sussex
Food Corn - Green Corn
Pineapples being harvested with machine in Queensland
African farmer harvesting wheat on lower slopes of Mt Kenya near Nanyuki Africa
Field of cotton being harvested in New South Wales in Australia
David Taylor, three year old farmer of Denham, tries out the harvesting machine July 1943
Barley used in the production of Whisky ready for harvesting. Scotland Circa 1970s © Mirrorpix
Harvesting Oats in Surrey - 1952 A©MirrorpixHarvesting Oats in Surrey - 1952 © Mirrorpix
Evacuee children help the farmer bring in the harvest as the Battle of Britain takes place in the skies above them. The children have been evacuated from London to Gleaning near Bristol
Land girls on their way home from the field in military area East Anglia The crops have to be harvested within fourteen days. Picture taken circa 1942
