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Old Pond Publishing Ltd are publishers of DVDs and books for enthusiasts in the land-based industries: farmers and smallholders, workers in the earthmoving, forestry and heavy transport occupations. We deal with current activities and machinery as well as the history of the industries. We are based in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
You will find books and DVDs on the following subjects: archive film footage, cattle, combine harvesting, farm cookery, demolition, earthmoving, East Anglia, farm machinery, forestry, goat-keeping, working horses, farming pocket books, Land girls, rural history, model tractors, farming novels, old photography, plant names, ploughing, poultry and ducks, practical farming, sea and rivers, sheep and lambing, sheepdogs and gundogs, steam traction engines, tractors, trucking and heavy loads. Click on the links at the side of every page to browse our current range of titles.
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Extreme Earthmovers at Work -
Eric Orlemann and Keith Haddock Extreme Earthmovers at Work is a compilation of film recorded by Eric Orlemann in 2005-8 at surface mines in the United States. Keith Haddock has written the script. He has focused on some of the largest and most impressive machines of their classes....more |
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The World of Custom Trucks -
Ferdy De Martin & Xavier Stéfaniak In this, your guide to outstanding truck decoration in Western Europe and the United States, you will see a wide range of approaches and styles. Eighteen of the twenty-nine trucks featured are from Europe, eight are from North America and three are from the UK....more |
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The Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Workshop Service Manual - Chris Jaworski In the UK between 1957 and 1964 Massey Ferguson manufactured some 380,000 MF 35s, the most popular medium-sized farm tractors of the period. Many have remained in work and if you are lucky enough to own one, it is bound to be one of your favourite machines. ...more |
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Patrick Barkham's Guide to British Butterflies - Produced by Bill Smith (Great Takes TV) Patrick Barkham's book The Butterfly Isles - an account of his quest to see all Britain's 57 species of butterfly in a single year - was a publishing sensation. Now Patrick has re-lived his remarkable year, travelling the length and breadth of the country, from the Isle of Wight to the Highlands of Scotland, to present this unique DVD guide to British butterflies....more |
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Australian Heavy Metal - Pete Connock and Martin Phippard (CP Productions) Here you will see some superb examples of the haulage needed to support the continuing expansion of the iron-ore business on Australia's north-west coast. Pete Connock has filmed some of the most exciting trucks in the world, operating between Perth and the Pilbara to supply the mining communities with their essential goods and to move iron ore. ...more |
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Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 4 - Princess Productions In the complete Series Four of Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers the team continues to mix glamorous assignments with the day-to-day work of trucking. ...more |
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Not All Sunshine & Sand: the tales of a UK – Middle East truck driver - Paul Rowlands Paul Rowlands takes us into his world as a truck driver, initially around rural Suffolk and the rest of the UK, before embarking on the Middle East run. Here he recalls his hair-raising experiences – some of them humorous, some alarming – and the many friends he made....more |
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Farming Diaries Volume Three: the last harvest
- Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam In their third Farming Diaries programme, Tractor Barn duo Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam introduce us to tenant farmer Ted Fenner. Ted has spent a lifetime tending the fields of Bullfinches Farm in East Sussex....more |
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Massey Ferguson Farm Implements and Machinery Part 3 1977-88
- George French and Dennis Burston In Part 3 of this 3-part set we move on to 1977–88, exploring implements and machines closely associated with the 500 and 600 tractor ranges. At the end of the programme we look forward to the 1990s. ...more |
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British Leyland Archive Tractor Films - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) In this programme Stephen and Jonathan delve into the archives to present six complete films made by the British Leyland Motor Company between 1969 and 1980. ...more |
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Bulkhaul 3
- Pete Connock and Martin Phippard (CP Productions) The third in this popular Bulkhaul series is an international programme offering something for everyone fascinated by bulk haulage operations. ...more |
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Seddon Atkinson at Work: 400, 401 & 4-11 - Patrick W Dyer In 1970, Oldham-based Seddon took over the struggling Atkinson, based in Preston, merging two of the greatest companies in British truck manufacturing.In this book Patrick Dyer looks at Seddon Atkinson's premium range from the period 1975–88. ...more |
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Farm Fatale - Paul Heiney In the early 1990s Paul Heiney set aside his broadcasting career and swapped it for a life on the land. He decided that he would start his own farm and it would be like no other farm you could find.....more |
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Top of the Claas: from SF to Lexion 780 - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) German farm machinery manufacturer Claas has been producing self-propelled combine harvesters since the 1950s. In this programme Stephen and Jonathan chart the story of the various Claas combine models from the very first SF type to the Lexion 780....more |
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Massey Ferguson Farm Implements and Machinery Part 2 1970-77
- George French and Dennis Burston In Part 2 of this 3-part set we move on to 1970-77, a period when MF was responding to the drive for increased agricultural output ....more |
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Opencast Images: An Informal Look at British Coal Opencast Sites 1986-1994 -
Dave Wootton In the United Kingdom surface coal mining began in 1942 in response to a national shortage of deep-mined coal. By the 1980s, when Dave Wootton began touring sites and taking photographs, the industry was firmly established with major operations and very large machinery. ...more |
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Seventy Years of Farm Tractors 1930-2000 :
Brian Bell In this encyclopaedic book Brian Bell traces the evolution of the farm tractor from the 1930s to the end of the 20th century. He deals in particular with developments of the classic period from the 1950s to the 1990s. ...more |
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Know Your Rare Breeds
: Jack Byard Jack Byard's research into the endangered breeds of sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, horses and poultry in Britain has revealed many interesting facts about them ...more |
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Harry Ferguson: inventor and pioneer:
Colin Fraser Packed with fact, but simply put together and easy to read, Colin Fraser's 'Harry Ferguson - Inventor and Pioneer' is essential reading for those requiring a background knowledge of tractor development over the last 60 years. ...more |
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Ax Men: the Complete Season Four - The History Channel Welcome to the forests of North America, where money really does grow on trees. Across the wide continent, from the wilds of Alaska to the steamy bayous of Louisiana, and from the heat of Florida to the vast and untamed Pacific Northwest, eight crews compete for the title of King of the Mountain in the latest and greatest season of Ax Men ...more |
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Agriculture in North America Vol. 3 - Tammo Gläser Productions In the third part of their American travels Jörn and Tammo have visited the Midwest states of Iowa and the Dakotas in spring when enormous machinery prepares the ground for corn and soybean planting. ...more |
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Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers Series 3 - Princess Productions The popular observational documentary series featuring iconic haulage firm Eddie Stobart returns with more action packed adventures featuring their fans' favourite truckers. ...more |
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