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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.

Recent Publications
	Special Transport - Gertjan Houtman Dutch transport companies have a world-wide reputation for moving heavy and outsized loads. This programme features the work of three specialists - Sarens, Mammoet and Saan ...more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 1 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser Volume 1 starts in early in a wet spring when soft ground makes cultivation difficult. Agricultural contractors are drilling beet and planting potatoes. Soil preparation for spring cereals is in full swing....more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 2 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser In Volume 2 it is early summer with New Holland and Claas forage harvesters taking first cuts of grass. Large-scale Krone combines are at work, and the highlights of the programme include the 524 hp Claas Xerion 5000 and the Agco Challenger. ...more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 3 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser In Volume 3, combines with cutterbars up to 12 metres are busy harvesting, followed by balers and large John Deere articulated tractors dealing with the stubble. Film from Bavaria deals with grassland and we see forestry machines at work in Hesse.....more
	Agriculture in Germany Volume 4 - Jörn and Tammo Gläser Machines at work in Volume 4 - the autumn - include the Krone BigX 1100 and Fendt's new Kantana 65 forage harvester as well as the Claas Lexion 770 and Case IH Quadtrac. Winter cereals are being drilled, while sugar beet is harvested and loaded....more
	Agriculture in Germany boxed set - Jörn and Tammo Gläser Agriculture in Germany boxed set of four DVDs. ...more
	Honey: a Beekeeper's Guide - William Smith A unique DVD for beekeepers, devoted entirely to honey. ...more
	The Classic Tractor Review - Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) Classic tractors belong to the golden years when manufacturers competed keenly to keep pace with advances in agricultural equipment and machinery. At the same time, tractors became more stylish and comfortable – a pleasure to work with....more
	A New Introduction to Beekeeping - Paul Metcalf This revised edition of Paul Metcalf's best-selling guide to beekeeping takes us through the beekeeping year from April to the onset of winter. ...more
	The Maize Silage Campaign - Chris Lockwood In his twenty-one years of maize harvesting, Suffolk contractor Robert Self has seen all sorts of seasons from the very dry to the impossibly wet. Film-maker Chris Lockwood captured the vagaries of Robert's final campaign, 2008. ...more
	Roadscapes II: Landscapes of the Road : Alan Spillett Artist Alan Spillett's paintings of lorries have mostly been commissions from people who wanted a particular vehicle depicted for a personal connection. His scenes range from the days of the horse-drawn carriage to the trucks that thunder up and down our roads today. ...more
	Looking at Logging Part 1: Pete Connock & Martin Phippard (CP Productions) Logging transport has a special place in the world of trucking. Vehicles are large, powerful and have to withstand heavy work day in, day out. Operating in demanding terrain on steep and treacherous mountain roads, log drivers are a special breed who develop a close bond with the vehicles in which they spend their lives. ...more
	Ipswich: the changing face of the town: David Kindred Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, has hosted famous engineering companies and major insurance groups; it is a progressive town which has transformed itself over the past hundred years. Today, new buildings jostle alongside those which have managed to survive for centuries. ...more
	Walking with Giants: Europe's Massive Earthmovers - Steven Vale Steven Vale looks at massive earthmoving machines in fourteen European countries from Spain and Italy to Swedish and Finnish Lapland. He describes the regions in which the mining is set, provides information about the industries they serve and portrays some of the characters involved. ...more
	The Working Horse Manual - Second Edition: Edited by Diana Zeuner First published in 1998, The Working Horse Manual has established itself as the bible for heavy horse owners and enthusiasts. This second edition has been heavily revised, the most substantial new material being on working horses in forestry, training horses and transport and the law.....more
	International Harvester Tractors: A Power on the Land 1906-85 : Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) The story of the International harvester tractor is a long and distinguished one that starts in the United States with the Titan and Mogul. In the early part of this DVD Jonathan and Stephen pay particular attention to the Titan 10-20 and the Mogul 8-16. ...more
	IRT Deadliest Roads Season One: The History Channel Lisa Kelly overcame exhaustion, fear and unwanted attention when she became 'the first lady in India to drive a big truck'. And what a place to drive it! She and her Ice Road Trucker colleagues Rick Yemm and Dave Redman were up in the Himalayas hauling across the 13,000 ft Rohtang Pass. ...more
	Know Your Diggers - Paul Argent This selection is designed to satisfy the curiosity of people becoming interested in the plant and machinery they see as they travel around the UK. Paul Argent's selection includes diggers, excavators, backhoes, rollers, cranes, demolition machines, loaders, dumpers and a road planer....more
	The Pea Files: harvesting the most easterly peas in Britain Stephen Richmond & Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn) From the McBain cutter-rower via Mather & Platt mobile viners to the PMC 989, the technology of pea harvesting has been transformed over the past fifty years. In this DVD, harvesting enthusiasts Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam show developments in East Anglia over the period..... more
	Ax Men: the Complete Season Three - The History Channel It would be very hard to beat this Ax Men series for excitement. In the Pacific north-west – Oregon and Washington State – three teams of loggers are battling to be called king of the mountain. The mountainous terrain is extreme, and you can add to that 90-degree summer heat and killer bees. ...more
	Inside Massey Ferguson - a story of service - David Walker In his autobiography, 'Inside Massey Ferguson - A Story of Service', former Massey Ferguson employee David Walker provides an unparalleled insight into what it was like to work in the service department of the world's largest tractor manufacturer during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. ....more
	On Wings of Diesel: trucks, identity and culture in Pakistan - Jamal J. Elias A colourful book full of information and superb photographs about what are perhaps the most outstandingly decorated vehicles in the world. Among other topics the book deals thoroughly with the trucking industry in Pakistan and the craft and meaning of truck design there.....more
	The Rubber Track Revolution - Chris Lockwood This programme charts the development of rubber-tracked crawlers including models from Case IH, Cat, Challenger, Claas, John Deere and Morooka. They were filmed on British farms in 2010-11 subsoiling, ploughing, cultivating, discing, pressing and drilling. ...more

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