The Three Horses

The picture which has been on Mornflake packs for generations is a wonderful portrayal of how farming used to be. The original painting was taken from a black and white photograph taken during the First World War. The photograph was taken at The Oak Farm Alsager, Cheshire which was farmed at the time by Mr. E.J. Morris.

The three horses are pulling a 'binder' to cut the oats. The horse on the left was called 'Flossy' and the other two had the wonderful names of 'Metal' and 'Bonnie'. The gentlemen on the 'binder' was a Mr. Harry Mottram and the name of the field that he was cutting at the time was 'The Block Meadow'.

'The Oak Farm' no longer exists as a farm today, but, has been divided up and the farmhouse sold. At the time of the sale, it extended to some 300 acres and was farmed by Mr. Morris until he passed away in 1952. Flossy, Metal & Bonnie were a prominent feature on our packs for over 5 decades and are still on many of our export packs sold around the world.