TAKEN by Joseph Hardman, this image shows a man ploughing using horses.

Hardman was active in the 1940s and 1950s photographing local life and industries, often recording methods which were to fall out of fashion as these industries became increasingly mechanised.

You can see lots more images like this - reference 2002.8.3192 - and other industries on the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry website at www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk.