Farming Life
Some photos which capture life on the farms in and around Ickleton over the years.
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C001 - Harvesting 1920s?
C002 - Reaper & Binder, 1920s?
C003 Steam Threshing, 1920s
C004 Threshing, 1920s?
C005 - 1920s?
C006 - Boxing Day Shooting Brake, 1920s?
C007 - Jack Lilley receiving half a crown from Mr Bowen at Boxing Day shoot
C008 - Lambing at Valance, 1920s?
C009 - Lambing at Valance, 1920s?
C010 - Ploughing match, 1920s or 30s
C011 - Ploughing match, 1920s or 30s
C012 - children looking at the ploughing teams, 1920s or 30s
C013 - Jack Lilley & 2 horses, 1920s or 30s?
C014 - Drilling, Coploe Hill, 1927
C015 - Alfred Baynes ploughing with his team of 2 horses, 1920s or 30s
C016 - Ploughing match, 1930s?
C017 - Ploughing match, 1930s?
C018 - Ploughing team, 1930s?
C019 - Ploughing Match, 1930s
C020 - Ploughing Match, 1930s
C021 - Harvesting, 1930s
C022- wagon rides around the farm, 1930s?
C023 - Early Fordson Standard tractor, 1930's?
C024 - at Valance Farm, 1940
C025 - Ferguson tractor, 1947
C026 Will Smoothy at work, 1957
C027 - Elisabeth Wamsley driving a tractor at Valance Farm
C028 - Mrs Scales and Tim Reed, 1957
C029 - Mrs Scales with 'Lockjaw' nearest to her, 1957
C030 - Elisabeth Wamsley with sheep, 1957
C031 - Jack Wamsley with sheep, 1957
C032 - Jack Wamsley with sheep at Valance Farm
C033 Harvesting, 1966
C034 - Harvesting, 1966
C035 - Harvesting, 1966
C036 - Bill Holdgate, 1970s?
C037 - Tim Reed, shepherd at Valance Farm
C038 - Dick Wombwell & Massey Harris 21 combine - 1966
C039 - Elisabeth Wamsley & sheep at Valance farm, 1960s?
C072 - Horse show. 2nd from L - Otho Driver
C040 - Dick Wombwell driving a 1943 Massy Harris combine. Farm weekend 18 July 1998
C041 - 1932 International tractor bought by Albert Wombwell to pull a combine
C042 - Fordson Major E27N reeper and binder
C043 - engine which pumped water at Rectory Farm from 1932 until after the war
C044 - International TD18 tractor crawler and a steam cultivator
C045 - as C044
C046 - Peter Wombwell and cousin Nick Wombwell on the crawler (see C044, 045)
C047 - ploughing match at Rectory Farm. Dick Jossam.
C048 - presentation of cups and medals at ploughing match, Rectory Farm, 1992
C049 - As C048. Mary, Sian and Dick Wombwell with organiser Peter Parr, 1992
C050 - Ford lorry - first lorry at Rectory Farm, bought 1936/37
C051 - Michael Collins looking after cattle at Rectory Farm
C052 - Michael Collins at Rectory Farm
C053 - Fordson Major E27N on 1957 Thames trailer. Great Chesterford Steam Rally.
C054 - Michael Collins
C055 - Peter Wombwell and Dick Frankau
C056 - Ickleton crop circle, 21 August 1991
C057 - tractors at Rectory Farm, late 1960s
C058 - Ferguson at a ploughing match - James Wombwell, aged 8, ploughing with Dad, Peter
C059 - Dick Wombwell at a ploughing match at Copley Farm
C060 - John Dear combine at Rectory Farm
C061 - Peggy at Rectory Farm
C062 - Janet Wombwell at Rectory Farm with her cousin Jill Wombwell
C063 - Clayton and Shuttleworth combine pulled by a crawler
C064 - James Wombwell on one of Dick Wombwell's Fordson tractors
C065 - Fordson Standard. Roy and Jim or Derek Rule?
C066 - Standard Fordson 1943
C067 - L Freddie Ripsher, R Freddie Bowtell at Rectory Farm
C068 - Cecil Bowtell and Hedley Igglesden. Massy Harris 20 - first self propelled combine in England at Rectory.
C069 - see C068
C070 - Dick Wombwell
C071 - Dick Wombwell aged about 16 (c. 1948-50) on 780 Massy Harris, 1948-50
C073 - Jack Driver, Frank Marriott, Bob Driver, Albert George Driver
C074 - harrowing and drilling c.1930
C075 - Ron Coulson, and one of his tractor collection
C076 - Ron Coulson
C077 - Crop of Linseed on Searchlight (Valance), 1990s?
C078 - Ploughing and harrowing, August 1986
C079 - Ploughing and harrowing, August 1986
C080 Traction Engine, outside Red Lion, 2003
C081 Traction Engine, outside Godfrey's Yard, 2003
C082 - Valance Farm workers 1895
C083 - Valance Farm Workers, 1920s or 30s
C084 - Valance Farm workers, 1920s or 30s
C085 - Valance Farm workers, 1920s or 30s
C086 - Loos for Rectory Farm ploughing match c.1980
C087 - steam threshing demonstration c.1996
C088 - 1908 Marshall 7nhp traction engine c.1996
C089 - Michael Collins with Peter Wombwell (aged 9 or 10) & Jilly Weed, Rectory Farm c.1967
C090 - Dick Wombwell on International TD18 tractor crawler
C091 - Hedley Igglesden, Dick Wombwell on the tractor crawler
C092 - Tim Reed, Jim Holdgate, ?Graham Igglesden
C093 - hay cart
C094 - Fred Marriott and Steve Dawson
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