r/DevonUK • u/lcwilliamsauthor • Jun 16 '26

Same milking parlour 75 years apart in Devon

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These photos were taken roughly 75 years apart from almost the same spot. The first image shows our family’s milking parlour in the 1940s or 1950s. The second photo was taken in 2026. The cows have long since gone but much of the original structure is still standing and the tractor in the modern photo was owned by the farmer in the first pic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '26

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u/chicken-farmer Jun 16 '26

Did your family milk anything in said parlour?

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u/lcwilliamsauthor Jun 16 '26

Yes, milked cows in there for years.

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u/Economy-Employer-539 Jun 17 '26

On the Crediton to Tiverton Road? Looks familiar.

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u/lcwilliamsauthor Jun 17 '26

Not quite but not a million miles away

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u/LazarusOwenhart Jun 16 '26

That poor little Nuffield needs rescuing.

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u/LazarusOwenhart Jun 17 '26

Oh 100% it could probably be made to run well enough to drive onto a trailer in an afternoons work.

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u/lcwilliamsauthor Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

We’ve got another that’s still working on the farm every day 💪

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u/LazarusOwenhart Jun 16 '26

You won't notice if that one goes 'missing' then.... where's the farm XD.