Rural Scenes Collection

Farmer Baird has shifted his farm from Auchinleck, Ayrshire, to Andover by rail. Twelve hours after leaving Auchinleck the train stopped at Kentish Town, the cows unloaded and milked

General view showing the main street passing through the village of Ightham in Kent. 1926

Old water mill at Dunster in Somerset August 1921 Alf 60

Mrs. Thatchers House. Court Lodge, Lamberhurst, Kent. January 1975 75-00599

River scenes in Maidenhead, Berkshire. June 1954

Hop pickers arrive on the train from London to help harvest this years crop. This family are shown leaving Paddock Wood station heading off to the hop fields - note the carpet

Swallow Falls, the Rhaeadr Ewynnol (English: Foaming Waterfall), a multiple waterfall system in Wales, located on the Afon Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, in Conwy county borough. August 1948 P009086

Village cricket pitch being prepared near Littlehampton, West Sussex. The council objected to the game taking place on a Sunday. 20th August 1946

Burnsall, near Skipton, North Yorkshire. River Wharfe. Circa 1970

Brimham Rocks above Nipperdale, North Yorkshire. September 1971

At 14 Months baby David is just lobster pot size and that is just where mum puts him. April 1949

Sollers Hope in Herefordshire, reputed residence of Dick Whittingtons family. Circa 1950

Two Shire horses ploughing a field in the old fashioned way

A man on a farm harvesting in a field with his two horses circa 1935

A hoare frost clings to the trees close to the church at High Beech Hertfordshire Nature Trees Seasons Winter Religion Church Spire Rural Village WW2 Home Front Dec 1944 1940s

Actors in the BBC situation comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, at a railway station during filming of the series. Standing left to right are: Brian Wilde who plays Foggy Dewhirst

Workers gathering hay in the fields of Kent on the back od a horse and cart Circa 1935

Oast houses surrounded by trees with cherry blossom in Ethe Kent countryside Circa 1935

The ancient market cross at Brigstock, Northamptonshire sometimes called locally " The Butter Cross" dates from the Edward who reigned in 1686

Character Studies. Man sitting on wall with cat next to him. P044415 Circa 1933

The first lady entrant in the Ladies section of the International Ploughing Championships organised by the Northern Ireland Ploughing Association

Local residents are irate at the large sign which has been erected at Bwlch on the mountain pass near Ruthin, on the Ruthin Mold road

Yachts on the river in Cambridgeshire. Circa 1982

Mother is so busy on the farm that six-month-old baby Betty goes ploughing too. Fellow workers on a Glamorgan farm helped Mrs.Wyatt to sling Bettys cradle securely

Children sketching in part of 35 acres of ground attached to a camp in the West Midlands during the Second World War. 13th August 1940

Farmers balloting for farm implements during the Second World War. 21st March 1943

Young boys fishing for "toddlers"in a Glamorgan canal during the Second World
Young boys fishing for " toddlers" in a Glamorgan canal during the Second World War. 25th June 1943

Volunteer harvesters holds a service and prayer in the harvest field at Wylam, Northumberland as their day of work comes to a close

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

James Webster, popularly known as "Jimmy The One"
James Webster, popularly known as " Jimmy The One" pictured with his wife in their home built of peat squares and lined with newspapers on Lewis, the northern part of Lewis and Harris

Rural scenes in the county of Suffolk in Southern England. 16th June 1952

Countryside youth service. A scheme to encourage young children to take an interest in domestic stock has been started by Mr. E.J. Stowe, master of Market Lavington School, Wiltshire

Bodiam Castle, a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex. 30th March 1966

A worker on a hop farm in Sussex. Circa 1935

Workers on stilts stringing hop poles in Sussex. Circa 1935

The earliest yellow narcissi called Soleil D or, which are grown on the Isles of Scilly, are being sent out, packed in boxes and sent by boat to Penzance, for Covent Garden Market. 5th February 1953

Hop Picking at Whitbreads Hop Fare, Beltring, Kent. While the family puts the hops into the bin Maureen Stone age 15 years of Rotherhithe does a sitting down job - perhaps it is because she is a

Stepping stones by Ogmore Castle. Ogmore Castle is located near the village of Ogmore-by-Sea, south of Bridgend in Glamorgan, South Wales. 30th January 1945

All the girls (Curers) are idle, still few herring come in, but they have to be on duty - standing by as it were - from 8am to 5pm in case herring come in

A Hop Festival is taking place today and tomorrow at the Whit breads 1100 acre farm at Paddock Wood and thousands of Londoners are taking part in the festivities

A groundkeeper with sheep outside Bodiam Castle, a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex. 5th May 1952

A groundkeeper cleaning the moat outside Bodiam Castle, a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex. 5th May 1952

Great Blasket Island, Off The Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland. January 1953 D499-001

Woman and horse at Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault. Loch Lomond is currently split between the council areas of Stirling

Farmer Crithus Nappes wins the tractor engine race from his friend Miles Chetwyrd- Stapleton at Appleford, Buckinghamshire. August 1950 O25542-001

An elderly fisherman on the banks of the river Lea at Ware in Hertfordshire circa 1963

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