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Preparing for the farm sale
Image ref
DCHQ002157
Credit
Kate Bellis
photographer
Bellis, Kate
ImageDate
October 2002
Location
Moor Cottage Farm
Town
Wirksworth
About this image
'It's time to let the old place go...it's falling down 'round me...let someone else have the worry of it. I've been working here for forty odd years, since I left school, I don't suppose it will be a working farm again when I go. I hope whoever gets it will have young 'uns here, the old place needs new life' (Peter Melbourne, Moor Cottage Farm). This view shows Peter trying to get the old Fordson tractor ready to move after nearly 30 years in the tractor shed. From 'This Place', images featuring the working communities of rural Derbyshire: a photographic essay. To purchase limited edition signed handprints visit www.katebellis.com.
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