Barn Day is dedicated to barns, the structures used by farmers to house animals, equipment, grain, and hay. The word is derived from an Old English word, bere, meaning barley, and aem, meaning storage place. There are various types of barns, and the ways they have been made has changed over the years. Three aisled Medieval barns greatly influenced many modern barns, and as equipment and technology has improved, barns have been made larger. In the first half of the twentieth century, many barns were built with gambrel and hipped roofs, which allow more space to house hay. These barns are many times associated with modern dairy farms. Barns historically have been the centre of a farm, many times being built even before the house. Barns are a symbol of tradition, and they bring communities together. The most obvious example of this is barn raising, which was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. As building your own barn was a daunting task, barn raisings brought community members together to help each other. Families were willing to help build another barn, as they knew that the community would in turn help them build theirs. We have our very own Barn of course on TLB so we should celebrate him a little bit today, but no raising
I'd best go to the workshop then as its a barn, and its near Woodford so may see the Lancaster fly over
I've just been browsing the interwebs for barns, how fortuitous. And here's a special greeting for our own Barn @Barneyrubble
Grumpy barn day today ,must be the heat n withdrawal of the couple of pints I had the other day , I spose . I’d like a barn too rememberthose days in the hay and chasing rats
There's an airfield in Suffolk where such like are based ,my daughter in Grantham see's them quite a bit
This is my friend's barn in his yard - he owns a farm - and I often take my MG there to put it on his pillar lift to check the underside . He has 3 MGs and several tractors - and also 2 other barns with assorted machinery!!
