If you are in the north of England between 5 January and 14 April, you could think of visiting the Yorkshire Sculture Park, near Wakefield. You will be able to see an exhibition of the sculptures of James Capper.
According to the museum's website: "James Capper’s extraordinary sculptures can walk, swim and climb mountains. This exhibition, which showcases Capper’s on-going interest in industrial machines and the aesthetics of mechanical power, includes his Earth Marking, Offshore and Material Handling series."
There is more about the exhibition here. We are pleased that during the period of the exhibition the museum shop will be stocking two of our earthmoving books: Walking with Giants and Know Your Diggers.
British Leyland Archive Tractor Films, Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn). DVD, approx 110 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-50-8. Now available from Old Pond at £16.95 inc VAT.
In this programme Stephen and Jonathan delve into the archives to present six complete films made by the British Leyland Motor Company between 1969 and 1980.
These films show the development of the Leyland tractor range from the 154, 344 and 384 launched in 1969. They cover the many new models introduced in 1972 as well as the Synchro range of 1978 and the last Golden Harvest machines.
Development machines are recorded under test; there are scenes at the Bathgate factory in Scotland and many working examples throughout the world. Films also look at the huge Leyland organisation as a whole, with footage of trucks and buses.
Stephen and Jonathan link the films together using original Leyland advertising. The compilation is a testament to the skills of British engineering.
The archive films in this programme are:
Tractors for the ’70s - Crossing Frontiers - Synchro - 472 Synchro - Leyland Vehicles - Golden Harvest Range.
Old Pond now has stock of Paul Heiney's latest book, Farm Fatale, in which he tells the story of his ten years' farming with working horses in Suffolk.
In the early part of the book Paul writes about the experience he acquired working one day a week on the traditional farm run by Roger and Cheryl Clark where horseman 'Gerry' was one of the great characters. The photograph shows Gerry with one of the Clarks' Percherons.
For more details of the book or to order a copy online see here.
The death has been announced of Julanne Arnold, formerly books editor at Farming Press. Julanne died peacefully on Sunday 25th after several years' illness. She was 81.
In the photograph from December 1993 Julanne is centre front in a pale blouse. Around her, left to right, are Farming Press staff: Catherine Britton, Annie Shead, Roger Smith, Peter Melling, Samantha Blain, Claire Newbery and Sue Dalgleish.
Julanne was loved by us all for her warmth, humour, wide range of interests, knowledge and intelligence. She was a superb editor, as the authors with whom she worked during her ten years at the company said time and time again.
Julanne came out of her retirement to undertake free-lance editing in the early days of Old Pond. She and her husband Roy offered the great support that was just what we needed and for which we will always be grateful.
Julanne Lynn was born in October 1931 in Chester, South Carolina. After university she became an editor for the book publishing company Harper & Row in New York where she met Englishman Roy Arnold who also worked in publishing. They were married in 1963. Julanne and Roy settled in England, at first in London, then thirty years ago in Needham Market, Suffolk. There Roy ran an historic tools trading, publishing and bookselling business.
For many years Julanne worked as an editor for Egon Ronay, leaving in 1987 to join Farming Press, locally based in Ipswich. Roy Arnold died in December 2009.
Julanne is survived by her sister Willa, son Harry and daughter Kate as well as grandchildren Gabriel and Isabel. From 2008 Julanne ran a personal blog which you can log on to here. Her memorial service was held at St John the Baptist Church, Needham Market, on 10 December. The Order of Service and some memorable tributes by Willa, Kate and Harry can be found here.