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Wagons:
The farm wagon has become synonymous with the
traditional English countryside.
With its graceful curves and fine local craftsmanship, it was a powerful
symbol of the inherent pride and character in rural life in the era before
the internal combustion engine. In fact, four-wheeled farm wagons were
on the scene for a comparatively short period of time. They emerged in
the second half of the eighteenth century, a consequence of the modernisation
taking place in agriculture at the time, and were on the way out by the
1940s as tractor-drawn trailers became more common. The Museum of English Rural Life has a large representative collection of farm wagons, together
with much accompanying illustrative material.
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