RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2020 Something completely different. In the days when the drovers took cattle on foot from West Wales to London, they also not infrequently took geese as well. Apparently the geese's feet were dipped in something so they could cope with the walk. So how did geese get to London when the cattle started going by train? Any thoughts? I have never seen any mention of any such traffic. I suppose that because the journey then took hours rather than days they might have been slaughtered first. though there was no refrigeration for a long time. Jonathan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Galloping Goose Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Cattle wagons. There are photos of an entire farm being moved somewhere using GWR cattle wagons and showing the correct way to load them. There is also a 1950s film showing another farm move with livestock being loaded. Possibly on the BFI website. Called something like Moving South. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 5 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: Something completely different. In the days when the drovers took cattle on foot from West Wales to London, they also not infrequently took geese as well. Apparently the geese's feet were dipped in something so they could cope with the walk. So how did geese get to London when the cattle started going by train? Any thoughts? I have never seen any mention of any such traffic. I suppose that because the journey then took hours rather than days they might have been slaughtered first. though there was no refrigeration for a long time. Jonathan I suspect they would have killed and plucked (and possibly gutted) the geese, and sent then sent them to London or where-ever. They'd be the sort of thing you'd only have at Christmas, so they'd keep a few days without refrigeration. We used to keep our Christmas turkey like that as late as the 1970s, as there was no space in the fridge. I remember there being a TV drama about someone in the 1960s walking geese from Norfolk to London; the bird's feet were covered with pitch. This seems to be the one:- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087602/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted July 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2020 If it was a common occurance then it's likely to be more than just Christmas. I'd go for the cattle truck solution. Cattle trucks were used for a lot of things, including horses, sheep, beer and vegetables. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Found the film. Farmer Moving South - 1952 The true story of a farmer who decided to sell his land in Yorkshire and move his entire stock – cattle, pigs and poultry, machinery, ploughs and tractors – south to Sussex by rail in December, on, as it turned out, the coldest night of the year. In this filmed record, A G Street, writer and broadcaster, discusses some of the unusual problems of the move with Inspector Barr of British Railways. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-farmer-moving-south-1952-online Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted July 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2020 So do I need to build one or more of these? 1901 25 ft 6 in. Milk and poultry van built Oswestry, no 14 25 ft 7 in. Milk and poultry van, built Oswestry, no. 19 Date? Poultry van, built Oswestry, no. 50 1907 25 ft 7 in. Milk and poultry van, built Oswestry, nos. 322, 323 1914 32 ft Milk and poultry van, built Oswestry, no. 26 These were passenger rated, but whether the occupants were alive or dead I don't know. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2020 On 24/07/2020 at 09:09, corneliuslundie said: These were passenger rated, but whether the occupants were alive or dead I don't know. Jonathan I’ve been on a few late Saturday night trains like this... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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