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A bill from Mr Thomas, the blacksmith
Here is Mr Selwyn Harries, at a local ploughing match, showing us how farming used to be done. Before the age of tractors, the horses on my great-grandfather’s farm at Hescwm worked hard and the proof is in the number … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, History
Tagged Dinas, Dinas Cross, Hescwm, horseshoes, ploughing, sow ring, Stephen George
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