LAND OF TRADITION DVD
Product code: DVD104
Price £15.95 + P&P

PRODUCT DETAILS

Format: DVD Documentary, Colour, 16:9 widescreen aspect
Language: English
Region: 0 (All Regions, PAL format - what does this mean?)
Running Time: 59 minutes
Producers: Robert Fuller Associates
Description:

This is the story of some of the farming traditions passed down by rural communities surrounding the Norfolk town of King’s Lynn. Using archive film, photographs and dramatised sequences this DVD follows the lives of those who attempted to make a living from the land.

Traditional skills and crafts featured in this programme include wildfowling, the gathering of reeds for thatching, the making of wicker objects and rugs and the digging of peat for fuel. Women would sell butter they had churned or cider they had brewed at the local markets. Poachers supplemented their family’s meals by trapping game, risking severe punishment if caught. Also featured are the blacksmith and the miller whose skills underpinned the rural communities.

Pioneering businesses, such as the canners Beaulahs and Lin-Can, provided employment for local families. Archive film of the full canning process in the 1960s is featured. The factory’s fieldsman is seen making the necessary quality checks on the carrots and strawberries before they were harvested and transported to the factory. It was a precision operation with every effort made to ensure the produce was canned at its freshest.

Many other rural traditions were enjoyed by the men and women. As the fen land froze over, workers would put on skates and compete for prizes by racing each other on the ice. The seasons of the year were marked and celebrated with events like Plough Monday and the harvest festival, which signified the end of the agricultural year.

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