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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.
The Books or DVDs pages are probably your best starting point in this site. You can order securely directly from there or you can access more detailed information about particular books and DVDs and their authors.
You will find books and DVDs on the following subjects: Classic Tractors, Vintage Tractors, Model Tractors, Traction Engines, Garden Machinery, Trucking and Earthmoving, JCBs, Ploughing, Working Horses, Bee Keeping, Duck Keeping, Organic Farming, Sheepdog Training, Goat Keeping and Husbandry, Poultry Management, the History of Agriculture … and much more.
Our DVDs, books and other items are easy to buy. You can buy any of them online from this site in complete security. Or if you prefer, you can telephone us on 00 44 (0)1473 238200.
Enquirers from Canada and the United States of America should note that our programmes are produced in PAL format. If you wish to play our DVDs on a machine that cannot accept this format you should order them directly from the Ontario-based company Diamond Farm
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Plant Names Simplified - A. T. Johnson and H.A. Smith This glossary contains well over a thousand entries giving the pronunciation, derivation and meanings of garden plant names. The aim of the authors was to remove the ‘awkward obstacle’ that these names can present. ...more |
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Know Your Sheep
- Jack Byard From Downland to Longwool, from Dartmoor to Swaledale, the diverse breeds of sheep in Britain reflect local characteristics and geography. In this book Jack Byard takes us alphabetically through 40 of the breeds which are the most likely to be seen on British farms. ...more |
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A Square Deal all Round … the history of Perkins Engines: 1932 to 2006
- David Boulton With 17 million engines sold in the last 75 years, Perkins has been one of Britain’s outstanding engineering companies. Produced for Perkins by Landmark Publishing, this book deals thoroughly with the company's engineering, finance and structure. Because the engines have had a wide range of applications, his story includes agricultural, trucking, marine and military applications, among others. In a useful appendix gives engine specifications ...more |
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Diaries of William Brewis of Mitford 1833-1850, The -
Transcribed by Joan Foster & Dr Michael Smith William Brewis farmed at Throphill Hall, near Mitford, Northumberland. He was also an overseer of the poor and a high constable for the west division of Morpeth. His diary entries cover the progress of his farming against the background of the Repeal of the Corn Laws. Fairs and markets, weather, crops and livestock are all included. ...more |
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County: A pictorial review - Stuart Gibbard Stuart Gibbard’s lively collection of over 280 rare photographs illustrates the diverse range of County prototype and production machines from 1929 to 1983 and beyond. ...more |
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Rodeo in the Blood : Dylan Winter Join Dylan Winter on his quest across America and Canada to discover why perfectly ordinary young men hunker down on the back of a bull and try to stay there for eight seconds – the longest eight seconds in the world. ...more |
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Seventy Years of Garden Machinery : Brian Bell Covering the period 1920-90 Brian Bell deals with the development of the smaller machines used on estates, allotments, nurseries and large gardens. ...more |
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Secret Rivers: Paul Heiney For ITV Anglia, Paul Heiney explores twelve of the east of England’s loveliest rivers – by canoe. He begins by locating the river’s source, usually a pond or a muddy ditch. Then, as stream develops into river, he launches his canoe and starts his journey. ...more |
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5 DVDs from Rural Heritage magazine: Horse Progress Days 2005; Low-Impact Forestry Workshop; Driving Draft Horses; Brabant Horses; Training Oxen |
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4 DVDs from Classic Tractor Fever: Awesome Plus; The American Tractor 1900-2000; Johnny Popper People; Red Power 4 All Seasons. |
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Hell Drivers - Director: Geoffrey Unsworth Ex-con Tom, played by Stanley Baker, has no licence and no option but haul ballast for Hawletts in this 1950s feature film. ‘Twelve runs a day or you’re sacked’ ...more |
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Training Gundogs: techniques in action - Paul Rawlings This film presents a step-by-step guide to training a gundog. It explains how to teach a puppy good behaviour and a young dog obedience before gundog training begins. ...more |
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Artist Blacksmithing: techniques in action - Peter Parkinson Peter demonstrates the fundamental techniques of working with iron and steel with a view to using these skills creatively in designs...more |
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Farm Machinery Film Records: Harvest - Brian Bell This programme uses extracts from a collection of silent films made by the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering over a period of about ten years from 1945. Some of the films record machinery working in the field, others show experimental farm machines. They cover the grain crop, grass and silage. The machines include those that went successfully into production as well as rarities whose development was curtailed....more |
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Farm Machinery Film Records: Autumn work and rootcrops - Brian Bell More extracts from a collection of silent films made by the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering over a period of about ten years from 1945. They include manure spreaders, hedgers, ploughs, potato spinners, potato and root harvesters ...more |
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Farm and Workshop Welding: Andrew Pearce Almost anyone can weld, cut or shape metal. That’s the starting point for this supremely practical book which, through tips, suggestions and fault-finding, helps the beginner to improve and the intermediate operator to broaden technique . ...more |
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Farmers’ Favourites: Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution The photographs in this collection were taken in Suffolk between 1925 and 1935. The majority of the shots are of workmen paused for a moment in the course of their normal days. ...more |
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Just a Moment: Titshall photographs of working lives - David Kindred and Roger Smith The photographs in this collection were taken in Suffolk between 1925 and 1935. The majority of the shots are of workmen paused for a moment in the course of their normal days. ...more |
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