A Farming Group in Much Wenlock Prepare for Charity Ploughing Matches

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00:00We're at Corfe Barn Farm, Brockton, Shropshire and this is where the ploughing match is going

00:08to be on the 22nd of September.

00:10Obviously we're going to have a lot of ploughmen hopefully, usually we get around about 50

00:15or 60 and then there will be other things for other people to come and see and look

00:20at.

00:21We'd like to try and make the family day out if we can and the emphasis is on charities

00:28obviously with the ploughing matches.

00:30The guys come from, and ladies, come from all over, they're not just locals, they travel

00:35from Wales and Staffordshire and all the different areas around.

00:40This actual ploughing match originally started about 35 years ago and it started as what

00:47they, at the time they called it a working day, so a group of people just got together

00:52and just ploughed and enjoyed themselves and it basically progressed from there.

00:58Well we work towards charity, to donate to charities, different charities.

01:02Over the years we've done Air Ambulance, which now we do others as well for cancer,

01:11Lincoln Davies, Hope House and the local prostate cancer group.

01:18We've raised in excess of £25,000 over about, as I say, 30, 35 years.

01:26The first years, up until, well and including last year, we've always given to the Shropshire

01:33Air Ambulance, Midland Air Ambulance, whichever banner it goes under now, but last year we

01:40decided we wanted to split the money between more local charities, so last year we did

01:46Seven Hospice, Lincoln Davies and the Air Ambulance.

01:51This year we're doing prostate cancer, the local prostate cancer, Lincoln Davies and

01:57Hope House and most people in the area have used those charities and all the services

02:08that you get from Lincoln Davies, Hope House and the local prostate cancer group.

02:12We do want to emphasise, we want the public, we want to make the family do as much as it

02:18is a competition like, you know.