See Commercial Motor magazine's Biglorryblog for a five-star appraisal of the new DVD by Pete Connock and Martin Phippard, UK Heavy Haul. Brian Weatherley writes: "The 85-minute DVD gets a BLB five-star rating. I enjoyed every minute of it, backed up as usual by Martin's expert commentary."
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Old Pond Publishing
09/12/2012
Seventy Years of Farm Tractors new book by Brian Bell advance information
Seventy Years of Farm Tractors 1930-2000, Brian Bell. Hardback book, 246 x 189 mm. 304 pages inc. 348 illustrations. ISBN 978-1-908397-34-8. Now in stock at Old Pond at £24.95.
Brian Bell’s encyclopaedic book traces the evolution of the farm tractor from the starting handles and pan seats of the 1930s to the 4-wheel drive machines and computer management systems seventy years later. He deals in particular with developments of the classic period from the 1950s to the 1990s.
The book is arranged alphabetically by manufacturer from Allis-Chalmers to Zetor, one hundred marques in total. These are all machines to be found on British farms irrespective of their country of manufacture.
Brian runs concisely through the histories of the companies and their major models, illustrated with a wealth of photographs and extracts from sales literature. He adds special features on items such as hydraulic systems and cold-starting aids. He includes a glossary and full index.
This book replaces the author’s earlier, successful, Fifty Years of Farm Tractors. Many of the photographs are new and the text has been brought up to date to include developments of the early twenty-first century.It is a companion to Brian's books Seventy Years of Farm Machinery Parts 1 and 2 which are to be found in the Farm Machinery section of the Old Pond website.
Brian Bell lives in Suffolk where he was formerly Vice Principal of Otley College. He has written over 25 books and DVDs on farm machinery and contributes to a number of specialist magazines. He has been awarded the MBE for his services to agriculture.
09/03/2012
08/24/2012
Eddie Stobart Series 3 DVD advance information
Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers Series 3. 4-DVD set, approx 405 minutes. Available now from Old Pond at £19.95.
The popular observational documentary series featuring iconic haulage firm Eddie Stobart returns with more action packed adventures featuring their fans’ favourite truckers.
EPISODE 1
Hazards are never far away as driver Lee finds out to his cost when he tries to move a London landmark, the famous Piccadilly lights, and it’s red alert for Tim Fox when his brand-new biomass trailer goes missing.
EPISODE 2
In this episode, 20 young lads compete to win 10 places on the firm’s coveted apprenticeship scheme. Seasoned pro Tim Fox battles his biomass juggernaut on the motorway, delivering recyclable garden waste in dangerously high winds, while two unlucky passengers come unstuck at London Southend Airport as Stobart attempt to conquer the airways in their latest £100 million venture.
EPISODE 3
One of Stobart s most unusual trucks, the 25 ton Tellytubby , with its 27 metre built-in-screen, is booked for a three-day charity supercar event in Ireland. Tellytubby is tasked with replaying the day’s racing highlights, but first it must make it to the finishing line before any one else.
EPISODE 4
The iconic green and red wagons are back on the road and getting even greener as biomass driver Tim Fox heads to a recycling plant to collect a load of recycled sawdust destined for a cattle farm, but bad drivers, traffic jams, vague directions and tight squeezes soon tax his temper.
EPISODE 5
The rail freight division steams into action helping deliver fifty thousand bottles of Scotland’s most popular soft drink south of the border, and it’s a race against time unloading them at the rail terminal in Daventry as a breakdown in communications threatens to bring operations to a halt.
EPISODE 6
Driver Fiona has a trucking nightmare as she struggles to gets to grips with making deliveries to Bolton supermarkets in a new urban trailer she’s never used before, and it’s no laughing matter for trucker Eddie Murphy who’s all at sea picking up containers from Felixstowe docks.
EPISODE 7
The wheels keep turning for Britain’s iconic haulage firm Eddie Stobart, and in this episode Harry Hill lookalike trucker Kevin Durcan gets an eyeful on the graveyard shift in Liverpool city centre and makes a mercy dash to aid a member of the public.
EPISODE 8
In the last episode of the third series, it’s Wales v England in a truck off as drivers Ashley Maddox and Mark Dixon race to deliver new turf for the pitch at Cardiff’s Millennium stadium, but Mark proves an early casualty when he gets stuck in the mud.
EDDIE STOBART’S CHRISTMAS DELIVERY
A one-off special from Eddie Stobart, delivering Christmas to the nation in the biggest event of the trucking year. The guys and girls in the famous green and red wagons are relentlessly working round the clock 24-7, making 9,000 deliveries daily to bring home our festive cheer. Long-haul driver Ashley is embarking on a 500 mile journey from Yorkshire to a remote whiskey distillery on Islay, an island off the west coast of Scotland, to collect 700 bottles of whiskey destined for the mainland.
08/23/2012
Know Your Rare Breeds by Jack Byard new book advance information
Know Your Rare Breeds, Jack Byard. Paperback, 104 x 155 mm (landscape), 96 pages inc. 44 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-19-5. Now in stock at Old Pond at £4.99.
Further information and advance orders: [email protected].
Jack Byard’s research into the endangered breeds of sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, horses and poultry in Britain has revealed many interesting facts about them. The Gloucester cow, for example, now reduced to just 750 breeding females, has records going back to the thirteenth century. In 1796 it was a Gloucester cow called Blossom who provided the first serum for a smallpox vaccine.
Broadly following the watchlist produced by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Jack has chosen forty-four examples of threatened breeds. Each has a full-page photograph faced on the opposite page by an account of the breed’s history, current status and an idea of its food or amenity value.
The book is ideal for novice enthusiasts of any age. Jack passionately hopes that readers will appreciate the value of these animals and birds and be inspired to support efforts for their preservation.
The breeds included are:
SheepBalwen Welsh Mountain • Boreray • Castlemilk Moorit • Hill Radnor • Leicester Longwool • North Ronaldsay • Portland • Teeswater • Whitefaced Woodland.
Goats
Bagot • Golden Guernsey.
Cattle
Aberdeen Angus • Chillingham Wild Cattle • Gloucester • Hereford • Irish Moiled • Lincoln Red • Northern Dairy Shorthorn • Shetland • Vaynol • Whitebred Shorthorn.
Pigs
Berkshire • British Lop • British Saddleback • Gloucestershire Old Spots • Large Black • Middle White • Tamworth • Welsh.Horses and Ponies
Cleveland Bay • Clydesdale • Dales Pony • Eriskay Pony • Exmoor Pony • Hackney • Shire • Suffolk Punch • Welsh Mountain Pony.
Chickens and Turkeys
Brown Sussex • Brussbar • Buff • Modern Langshan • Norfolk Black • Whitefaced Black Spanish.
Author Jack Byard was born in Bradford where he has lived and worked all his life. A Rolls-Royce craftsman by trade and a jewellery craftsman in later years, Jack spent the latter part of his working life imparting this knowledge as a school workshop technician.
Jack has always had a deep affection for his rural heritage and so wrote his first book, Know Your Sheep, with a view to sharing with others the countryside that he loves. Know Your Rare Breeds is his tenth title. A complete list can be seen on the Know Your … section of the Old Pond website.