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Harvest.
Then and now
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Before WWII, Ludham farms relied heavily on horse power to get the work done, although for those bigger jobs you could hire Cyril Bensley's steam threshing machines. Cyril kept three complete sets at his workshops on Fritton Road
Here we see combining at Ludham Hall Farm
Moving those round bales would be impossible without today's diesel power at Ludham Hall.
Here are some pictures from
simpler times showing how it used to be done.
Picking daffodils near Whitegates in the 1960s.
Pickers pause for a photograph at How Hill Fruit Farm
More pickers at How Hill
Red Roof Farm on the road between Ludham and Potter Heigham was another fruit farm which picked the crop manually.
Fruit boxes at Red Roof
Packing eggs at Red Roof
Pickers with their buckets
Red Roof Farm in winter
Picking daffodils near Whitegates in the 1960s.
Pickers pause for a photograph at How Hill Fruit Farm
More pickers at How Hill
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 Above and left more pickers at How Hill |
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 Above and left picking at Red Roof Farm |
Red Roof Farm on the road between Ludham and Potter Heigham was another fruit farm which picked the crop manually.
Fruit boxes at Red Roof
Packing eggs at Red Roof
Pickers with their buckets
Red Roof Farm in winter
