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Jackson and Sons (Printer)

Poster advertising a sale at Long Nook's Farm, East Halton, Lincs, 1913. Farmer retired from farming and sold all of his stock and equipment.
This poster advertising a sale at Long Nook's Farm in East Halton, Lincolnshire, is printed in black on white paper and dates from 1913. The auction took place at the farm on 26 February 1913, and was conducted by Dickinson, Rigall & Davy. The farmer, Mr E. Thomas Dann, retired from farming and sold all of his stock and equipment. The poster was framed by MERL.

Framed

'MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – Description: Poster for the sale of live and dead farming stock of Long Nook's Farm, East Halton, North Lincs. February 26th 1913. Sale conducted by Dickinson, Riggall and Davy. Black print on white paper: full listing of 10 horses, 50 shorthorn cattle, other livestock and implements. Framed by MERL// Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project.', MERL object history note [poster text] – 'Long Nook's Farm, East Halton. North Lincs., two miles from Thornton Abbey Station,...Railway. Important Sale of Agricultural Horses, Lincoln Red Cattle, Poultry, Farming Implements, etc. Dickinson, Riggall & Davy. Have received instructions from Mr. Thomas Dann, who is retiring from Farming to Sell by Auction, Upon the Farm premises as above On Wednesday, February 26th, 1913, The whole of his live and dead Farming Stock, ... 10 horses ... Useful Donkey 8 years. 56 Red Shorthorn Cattle... The Agricultural Implements ...Lamb house on iron wheels. Poultry house on ditto, Gears complete for 10 hourses - 30 couples young chickens... Luncheon on the usual terms. Sale will commence with the Implements at Twelve o'clock, prompt, to be followed by the Cattle and Horses. Offices-Brigg, Louth & Grimsby. Jackson & Sons, Printers, Market Place, Brigg.'

Brigg

1913 - 1913