Description:A Bamford's hay loader being used to load a truck at Dunstey Hall Farm, near Kinver. The farm was managed by Marsh and Baxter Ltd at the time of this photograph, which was taken for Messrs Blakeway and Kirkpatrick.
Bamfords was founded in 1871 in Uttoxeter by Henry Bamford and made water pumps, taps and agricultural machinery. Joseph Cyril Bamford split off from the Bamford company in 1945 to set up what has become known as JCB - J C Bamford Excavators Ltd.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, Uttoxeter