Heanton Farming. Devonian Farm Life in Wartime Heanton (near Braunton).
Wartime Farmers aim for self-sufficiency in North Devon's Heanton.
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Step back in time as our Heanton farmers gather the hay harvest.
Shire horses plough the fields and prepare the ground for crop planting, mechanised and traditional methods are used to ensure yield.
British farmers had to meet the demands of the Ministry of Food during the Second World War. Rationing became part of 1940s life and included farming communities.
This film portrays farm life at a time when pressures to increase production were growing.
