Farming through the Seasons

From the collection of

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
Established in 1977, the North West Film Archive preserves moving images made in or about the North West of England for the education and enjoyment of the region’s people. Part of Manchester Metropolitan University Library’s Cultural Collections, and based within Manchester Central Library’s Archives+ partnership, we are a specialist resource dedicated to saving and growing our region’s rich filmed history.

Farming through the Seasons


An excellent record of farming in Cumbria here, from Kendal filmmaker Anne Beck. Going out and about in her locality, filming the people and places she knew well, she has documented the farming year, including not only scenes of haymaking, manure spreading, hedging and sheep shearing, but also traditional farming practices such as dry stone walling and drilling corn using a fiddle.


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