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April 19, 2007

Watch out Heinz, you've got a rival

DURING the recent wonderful spring weather my wife and I have been working hard in the garden making it tidy and attractive.

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April 13, 2007

They don't make 'em like they used to

I READ in the Stage journal this week that George Formby's younger brother,Ted, had died.

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April 13, 2007

Bridging the town-country divide

IT WAS good to read in the Daily Post how some North Wales farm businesses showcased their livestock at a London pub.
Along went a cow, sheep, lambs, hens, sheepdogs and even a mountain pony to the Spaniards Inn, a former Welsh drovers’ pub near Hampstead Heath.

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April 3, 2007

When allotments are popular, so are farmers

MY brother-in-law Dave, who lives near Chester, has recently taken on an allotment in the Hoole area.
It had clearly been neglected and was in a dreadful state of dis-repair.

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Russell grew up on the family’s 83-acre mixed farm at Cefn Meiriadog, near St Asaph. After his father died, Russell worked as an agricultural sale rep until his retirement in 1998. He was also a Red Coat at Butlin's Pwllheli, made 57 television appearances in Britain and abroad, and is a noted animal impressionist.

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