Description:A Bamford's hay loader being used to load a tractor-drawn flat bed wagon at Moor Close, Yeldersley, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Moor Close was farmed by Mr J.W. Brown at the time of this photograph.
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