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Actions Displays	Working on the Land: a labour of love Remove from selection Add to selection TitleWorking on the Land: a labour of love Author Arthur Hourie (Author)‎ IllustratorAll photos used in this book were supplied by the Hourie family and Harold Esson unless stated otherwise. Place of publicationOrkney PublisherHarold Esson Year of publication2008 Pagination62 Illustrations35 photos DimensionsH210 x W147 x D5 MaterialBook ISBNM0015559OR SubjectAgriculture & Fishing Persons keyword Arthur Hourie The reminiscences of Arthur Hourie (1925-2004), farmer at Heathfield, St. Ola, born in Sandwick. Contents: Early Years; Life on the Farm; Contracting; Health problems; Early Farming Memories; Wartime Memories; Peat Cutting; Farm Staff; Gypsies; Unusual Jobs; Harvesting; The Rango Mill; Disaster Strikes; Memories of Heathfield. Appendix: Early harvest; Orkney Vintage Club; Religion; The Minister's Visit; and statistics regarding the toll in Orkney of the Foot & Mouth outbreak in 1960.

TitleWorking on the Land: a labour of love

Author

IllustratorAll photos used in this book were supplied by the Hourie family and Harold Esson unless stated otherwise.

Place of publicationOrkney

Year of publication2008

Pagination62

Illustrations35 photos

DimensionsH210 x W147 x D5

MaterialBook

ISBNM0015559OR

Persons keyword Arthur Hourie

The reminiscences of Arthur Hourie (1925-2004), farmer at Heathfield, St. Ola, born in Sandwick. Contents: Early Years; Life on the Farm; Contracting; Health problems; Early Farming Memories; Wartime Memories; Peat Cutting; Farm Staff; Gypsies; Unusual Jobs; Harvesting; The Rango Mill; Disaster Strikes; Memories of Heathfield. Appendix: Early harvest; Orkney Vintage Club; Religion; The Minister's Visit; and statistics regarding the toll in Orkney of the Foot & Mouth outbreak in 1960.