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#PhotoJanuary2024 Day 5 Theme of #Département
In the UK we have #Shires and in a previous career I did some work on this tapestry from the 1590s, which is a map of Herefordshire & Worcestershire. It had been protected from the light for 100s of years, hence the bright colours. For a transliteration of the poem see Alt text. #Tapestry #Elizabethan #HistoricTextiles

A partially rolled Elizabeth's tapestry map lying on a work table. The colours are mainly vibrant yellows and greens with some red and blue.

A poem on the tapestry reads:
On this side which the sun doth warm with his declining beams serene,
And teem in channels deep do run two ancient streams.
These make the neighbours pasture rich.
These tell of fruit great store
And do convey, throughout the Shire, commodities many more.

More years ago than I care to remember, and yet still fresh in my memory, we went to a local ploughing match and country fair.

#photography #monotone #blackandwhite #shires #WorkingHorses #SteamPlough #tractors

Two beautiful shire horse making light work of pulling a plough. The furrow behind them and the ploughman is straight. Each horse is bedecked in brasses and they have name plates, reading Arthur and Alfie.

A huge twelve ton steam traction engine dominates the scene. In the background is the other engine. Between them, hauled by a steel cable wound round powered drums beneath each engine, is a reversible plough.

A vintage tractor is being used to plough a field. The driver operator is leaning back and keeping a careful eye on the plough to ensure his competition effort is as straight and true as he can make it. Scattered in the background, other tractors and drivers are working on their allotted patches of field.

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