This heritage dvd filmed in Aberdeenshire will try to chart the many changes which have taken place in rural Aberdeenshire over four generations of Carneys who have farmed Drumnaheath farm Kintore from 1793 till today.
See how the land was reclaimed using simple tools and hard labour, understand about the runrig system. See how stone drains were built and how important water was as a power source.
See how stone dykes were built to enclose fields from 1830s. Find out how communities developed and grew.
See farming techniques as practiced and equipment used on Drumnheath over a period of 200 years. Hear the Doric dialect of the area. Find out what life was like in the farm bothies and listen to a bothy ballad.
See what an outside toilet was like and appreciate the work done by everyone who lived on a farm.
See how the rural school operated, and how rural areas were supplied with goods from the delivery vans of the past. Become familuar with modern day practices and change within rural communities.
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