Old Pond publishing days

JCB's Backhoe Loader: workhorse for the world - forthcoming DVD

Three years ago Old Pond started filming examples of the machine that together tell the story of the development of today's JCB backhoe loader. Tim Starkey-Smith has selected examples that are either still in working condition or have been authentically restored. His knowledgeable script describes in detail the development of the machine from the Mark 1to today's Project 21 4CX. The JCBs come from a range of enthusiastic owners. Filming is completed and the programme is now close to release.

JCB's backhoe loader: workhorse for the world, Tim Starkey-Smith, DVD, approx 100 minutes, £17.95, NOW IN STOCK.

Contents

Trencher (stills)
JCB Mark 1
Hydradigga
JCB 4
JCB 4C
JCB 1 Gravedigger (2 examples)
JCB 1D Dumpers (2 examples)
JCB 3
JCB 3C I
JCB 3C II
JCB 2D II
JCB 3D II
JCB 4D
JCB 3C III (2 examples)
JCB 3D III
JCB Project 5 3CX
JCB Project 6 3CX Turbo Sitemaster
JCB Project 7 3CX
JCB Project 8 3CX
JCB 2CX 2nd version Streetmaster
JCB Project 12 3CX Contractor
JCB Project 21 3CX
JCB Project 21 3CX 60-year machine
JCB Project 21 4CX

Photographs from recent filming are shown in our blogs dated 29 October 2007, 16 April, 5 May & 12 June 2008.

Massive Earthmovers Part 3 DVD - advance information

The third in Old Pond's 'Massive Earthmovers' series deals with just one mine - but what an exceptional mine it is. Boliden's Aitik copper mine, north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, is a hole 3 kilometres long, 1 kilometre wide and 400m deep. There are some photographs from it in our Blog of 18 May.

The filming has been organised and scripted by Steven Vale, European Correspondent of Earthmovers magazine. Steven shows the massive equipment and skilful organisation needed to extract 43 million tonnes of material per year. Several of these machines are the largest of their classes to be found working anywhere in Europe. The programme also contains an outstanding blasting sequence.

Massive Earthmovers Part 3: Aitik copper mine, Steven Vale, DVD approx 75 minutes, £15.95, NOW IN STOCK

Contents

Bucyrus 495B11, 1200 ton electric shovel (only one in Europe)
Caterpillar 980G wheel loader
Caterpillar 793D and C series trucks (only ones in Europe)
Bucyrus drill rig
Blasting 1.2 m tonnes of rock
Komatsu PC5500-6 electro-hydraulic excavator (first one commissioned in Europe)
Caterpillar D10N dozer
Caterpillar 16H motor grader
Control room
Caterpillar 994F mechanical wheel loader
Caterpillar D10T dozer
P&H 4100A electric shovel (only one in Europe)
Lectra Haul MT4000 diesel-electric truck (made by Unit Rig) (only ones in Europe)
Gyratory crushers, rock grinding and primary copper extraction and despatch.

Cattle footcare and International tractors - new titles in stock

Old Pond had a book and a DVD come into stock on the 18th August:

Cattle Footcare and Claw Trimming 2nd Edition, Roger Blowey. Hardback book, £19.95. Details in the blog of 7 May.

International at Doncaster: British production 1949-75, Stuart Gibbard. DVD, £15.95 (inc. VAT). Details in the blog of 26 June.

Peter and Pauline at Hollyhock Farm - forthcoming new book

In this facsimile reprint of a book from 1951 nine-year-old twins go from the city to the farm - where they find buried treasure! However, before the treasure they first encounter two grey Ferguson tractors and all the implements with which they work. They're taught about the revolutionary Ferguson system and the genius of inventor Harry Ferguson, for this book was first published by Harry Ferguson Ltd as a promotional item.

It is beautifully produced, with evocative colour pictures, a gem for Ferguson enthusiasts everywhere.

Peter and Pauline at Hollyhock Farm by R A E Linney, hardback book, 48 pages with 35 illustrations, ISBN 978-1-905523-94-8, £12.95, NOW IN STOCK.

Little Bit O' Nonsense about Sheep - forthcoming Brewis compilation

Henry Brewis remains Britain's funniest farming writer and cartoonist. Personally I think you have to go back as far as the 19th century, to RS Surtees (Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour), to find an author who created so much humour while being an insider in rural England.

Old Pond has drawn on eight books by Brewis to collate his writings and drawings about sheep and shepherds. On the right-hand page a cartoon; on the left a written snippet or verse. The pairings reflect each other as they go through the principal farming events: buying sheep - keeping them in the paddock - dipping, worming and tupping - shearing - lambing - sheep health (lack of) - mortality and the market.

Little Bit O' Nonsense About Sheep by Henry Brewis, Paperback, pocketbook size, 96 pages. ISBN 978-1-905523-97-9. Now in stock, £4.99.

In stock - The Rural World of Eric Guy

The new paperback book of captioned rural photographs from the 1930s to the 1960s, The Rural World of Eric Guy by Jonathan Brown, is now in stock at £9.95. Previewed in the blog of 27 April.

New books and audio CD from Old Pond Publishing in 2008

Know Your Sheep (Jack Byard), paperback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 7 April.

Cattle Lameness and Hoofcare 2nd edn (Roger Blowey), hardback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 7 May.

Know Your Tractors (Chris Lockwood), paperback. NOW IN STOCK See blog 14 February.

Marshall Diesel Tractors 1930-1957 (Peter Anderson), hardback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 20 May

Plant Names Simplified (AT Johnson & HA Smith), paperback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 20 April.

The Rural World of Eric Guy (Jonathan Brown), paperback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 27 April.

The King of the Norfolk Poachers (Charlotte Paton), paperback. Publication 2009.

Shepherd's Pie (Henry Brewis), Audio CD. NOW IN STOCK, see blog 19 May.

Know Your Cattle (Jack Byard), paperback. At printer's. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 13 July.

Little Bit O' Nonsense about Sheep (Henry Brewis compilation), paperback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 28 July.

Peter and Pauline at Hollyhock Farm (RAE Linney), hardback. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 17 August.

Ferguson TE20 in Detail (Michael Thorne), hardback published 2006 by Herridge & Sons, now available from Old Pond. See blog 2 October. NOW IN STOCK.

Britains Farm Model Balers and Combines 1967-2007 (David Pullen), hardback published by Veloce. NOW IN STOCK. See blog 27 October.

New DVDs from Old Pond Publishing in 2008

Ice Road Truckers (History Channel). NOW IN STOCK. See blog 19 May

Massive Earthmoving Machines Vols 1 and 2 (Keith Haddock). NOW IN STOCK. See blog 23 March.

Yellow Trail from Texas (Tim Slessor for BBC 'World About Us'). NOW IN STOCK See blog 19 May

JCB's Backhoe Loader: workhorse for the world (Tim Starkey-Smith). NOW IN STOCK. See blog 24 August

International at Doncaster: British production 1949-75 (Stuart Gibbard). NOW IN STOCK. See blog 26 June.

Tractor Restoration: paintwork (Alan Davies). Three more days filming. Release 2009.

Massive Earthmoving Machines Vol 3: Aitik copper mine (Steven Vale). NOW IN STOCK See blog 24 August

Kings of Construction (Discovery Channel). NOW IN STOCK. See blog 12 October.

The Moon & the Sledgehammer (Philip Trevelyan for Vaughan Films). NOW IN STOCK. See blog 20 October.

Demolition Giants, Steven Vale. Filming near completion. Release spring 2009.

Old Pond books out of stock

Below is the current list of Old Pond Publishing's backlist books that are out of stock. Reprint dates are given where they are known.

Fifty Years of Farm Machinery (Bell) New edition 2010

Organic Farming (Lampkin) 2nd edition 2010

Know Your Cattle - new book advance information

Jack Byard is following up his extremely popular Know Your Sheep booklet with a companion on cattle breeds.

Know Your Cattle is a 96-page paperback by Jack Byard. ISBN 978-1-905523-92-4. NOW IN STOCK. £4.99.

The book covers the 44 breeds you are most likey to find on British farms or in farm parks. Some, like the Holstein, are well known; others, such as the Wagyu, more exotic. For each breed Jack gives a full-page photograph, usually supplied by the breed society.

Facing the photograph is a description of the origin, development and current status of the breed in Britain. Rare Breed Survival Trust categories are included to show whether the breed is endangered or not.

The 44 breeds: Aberdeen Angus  - Ayrshire - Belgian Blue - Belted Galloway - British Bazadaise - British Blonde - British White - Brown Swiss - Charolais - Chillingham - Devon (north) - Dexter - Friesian - Galloway - Gelbvieh - Gloucester - Guernsey - Hereford - Highland - Holstein - Irish Moiled - Jersey - Kerry - Limousin - Lincoln Red - Longhorn (English) - Luing - Meuse Rhine Issel - Montbeliarde - Murray Grey - Parthenais - Piemontese - Red Poll - Salers - Shetland - Shorthorn - Simmental - South Devon - Sussex - Vaynol - Wagyu - Welsh Black - White Park - Whitebred Shorthorn.