Singleton Autunm Show. West Sussex

As I reported a couple of weeks ago we attended the Autumn Show at The Weald and Downland Museum at Singleton, West Sussex, with Victoria our steam engine.

This is a selection of photos I took over the weekend.

The weather wasn't very kind to us with Saturday being showery most of the day and Sunday was a wash out, despite this we had a great time and we are looking forward to next year.

Jump to Steam engine and Threshing drum Jump to Time for a chat Jump to Stop for a chat Jump to Resting their legs Jump to He's watching us Jump to Resting and chatting Jump to Having a rest Jump to Harrowing together Jump to Work, work and more work Jump to Victoria on the threshing drum Jump to Time for a chat Jump to Tea break
Steam engine and Threshing drum

Steam engine and Threshing drum

This is a Foden Steam engine No.3384 Reg: SN 1646 Year:1912 called Wattie Pollock.

This engine drives one of the threshing machine over the weekend.

Time for a chat

Time for a chat

Stop for a chat

Stop for a chat

A quick break for a chat before they carry on with their ploughing.

Resting their legs

Resting their legs

I love horses and these are beautiful, standing, waiting for their master to give them their next command.

He's watching us

He's watching us

The brown horse was keeping a close eye on us. I think it was because I had the dog with me.

Resting and chatting

Resting and chatting

Here are just a few of the sets of horses that were doing the ploughing demonstration over the weekend.

Having a rest

Having a rest

This seemed to be as though the horse on the left was showing the one on the right how the job is done. The left hand horse was dragging the harrow up and down the field while the right hand horse would just be walking beside him.

Harrowing together

Harrowing together

Work, work and more work

Work, work and more work

This is one of the museum's own horses, working for his feed. A very handsome chap.

Victoria on the threshing drum

Victoria on the threshing drum

This is Victoria driving the museum's threshing drum, both of them were made by Marshalls of Gainsborough and Victoria is the oldest surviving Marshall traction engine (1886) and the threshing drum is the oldest example (1862).

Time for a chat

Time for a chat

This is another threshing drum with the workers having a break and time for a chat.

Tea break

Tea break

Two men sitting on top of the hay rick waiting to be threshed.

Three men on top of threshing machine.

Three more men on the baler.