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Title: Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00104
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Title
Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00104
Description
Children with horse & cart, including evacuees to help with hay making. This is near Slack Bottom and was farmed by Longbottom's. Eileen Longbottom is one of the smaller children inside the cart. Some of the other children were evacuees brought to the area from London and other southern towns. They often stayed with farming families and many attended Colden School as well as Heptonstall School. The cart is somewhat "homemade". It was common to use the rear axle from a motor vehicle which usually had rubber tyred wheels (farm carts had wooden wheels with iron rims). This cart would double as a "muck" cart as well as haycart. To achieve the biggest load the cart sides have been extended outwards and a frame has been added to the rear. Once loaded with hay, the rope would be cast over the load and secured at the opposite rear corner of the cart. The harness is typical apart from the rope in place of a "belly band".
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
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Rights
PHDA - Eileen Longbottom Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
EIL00104.tif
Collection
Citation
“Taylor Farm, Heptonstall Slack - EIL00104,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/19240.
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