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The East Midlands has a proud and distinct farming history. Combine is an exciting creative heritage project that aims to capture and promote the people, places and traditions that define the region’s rich agricultural past.

Combine will focus on six historic farms – one in each of the region’s six counties: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, LincolnshireNottinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. It will bring together a unique mix of people to research, record and share these unique histories with local communities and the wider public.

You can find out more about the project on our About page.

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The latest news from Combine

April 3, 2013

Bakewell Age UK

Last month members of Bakewell Age UK enjoyed an afternoon watching the archive compilation film of farming across the East Midlands. The majority of the elderly members  who attend the Bakewell sessions have lived in rural areas or been involved … Continue reading

September 27, 2012

Bill – taken from a recording at Laxton’s Visitor’s Centre

“When you live in the country midwifery is all part of the farming job. Cow, sheep, pig, wife, what have ya, its the same process, just in different forms!”

September 30, 2012

Bill Haigh talking about driving cattle for the first time

Bill Haigh talking about his farming memories and being part of the Court Leet

August 2, 2012

Childhood memories – Ray Woodcock

Extracts from my memories as a small boy. I was born  in  1939  and  used  to  go to  visit  my  Mothers  parents  in  Hingham,  Norfolk  during  August  in 1944, 5 and 6. The house was a ‘Tied Cottage’ that went … Continue reading

November 15, 2012

Combine Celebration Event

On the 7th November everyone involved in the project were invited the Rutland County Museum to celebrate the project, meet everyone who took part, see their work in the exhibition, as well as to have their own Combine publication presented … Continue reading

May 15, 2013

Combine exhibition at John Ferneley College

John Ferneley College are the current school to host the Combine School exhibition. The display panels are complimented by the dvd presentation on the flat screen. On the 23rd May the young people who participated in the project will present … Continue reading

March 20, 2012

Combine project workshops underway…

Several Combine | Farming Heritage workshops have taken place to date, with the first taking place on the 22nd February at Manor Farm in Dethick, Derbyshire. Students from Highfields School were introduced to the farm they would be investigating, as … Continue reading

March 18, 2012

Combine Website Launch

Welcome to the Combine website. The site will be filling up as our events happen and our archive grows. Please keep checking back for updates. If you have something to add (stories, photos, videos), why not Contribute… You can add … Continue reading

July 29, 2012

Combine workshops now completed

Over the last 6 months we have delivered 70 workshops, working with over 250 people, across the 6 counties of the East Midlands. It has been a very intense period of activity. We have met so many amazing people along … Continue reading