The Last Milking at Dairy Farm, Thrandeston, Suffolk - 11th January 2007

It's the end of an era as another small farm suffers at the whim of market forces and ruthless price competition led by the supermarkets: Dairy Farm in Thrandeston sells the milking herd and closes the parlour after one hundred years of family tradition, with Wavy performing the penultimate milking the evening before the herd is taken away.

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A cow exits the dairy

A cow exits the dairy

A cow looks around

Cows in the yard

A cow stands around

The first cows are installed

Cows wander into the milking shed

Wavy sticks the suckers on

A cow kicks off the suckers, splashing milk

Wavy looks down

Wavy applies antiseptic to the teats

Cows in milking stalls

Outside, cows mill around

A curious cow comes over

Dairy Farm

A cow looks up

Looking down at Wavy in the pit

Wavy does more milking

Feeding stalls

Cattle feeding stalls, which look strangely like urinals

A cow's arse, and a milk flow read-out

A departing cow looks back

Wavy is surrounded by a load of udders

Wavy cleans out milking suckers

A curious cow licks at the prospect of eating a camera

The next cow wants in

The cows mill around in the dusk