Agricultural Revolution for Farmer's Daughter Turned City Girl Vicky Allan, a Visit to the Royal Highland Show Brought Back Fond Memories, but Revealed Great Change in Rural Life
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AT the 1985 Royal Highland Show, I could name almost every breed of cattle on display: the Charolais, the Friesian, the Holstein. I was 14 years old, had grown up on a farm just south of Berwick-upon- Tweed, and the show was one of the highlights of my family's year: a grand day out that was marked mainly by my grandfather's attempts to get as many free meals as possible (his record was seven) and my father's astounding talent for making long-winded conversation with the sellers of unaffordable tractors.
The next year, financial difficulties not spoken about within the family meant we left the farm and moved to a nearby village.See the full content of this document
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Agricultural Revolution for Farmer's Daughter Turned City Girl Vicky Allan, a Visit to the Royal Highland Show Brought Back Fond Memories, but Revealed Great Change in Rural Life
My slow, steady metamorphosis into the city person I am today had begun.
If I try hard, I can remember what a Charolais bull looks like. I can recall the bite of a frosted morning while out feeding the sheep, or the warm wetness of a lamb's limb inside a ewe's womb, or the smell of rotten potato and damp soil. But my world now is populated with urgent emails, coffee bar meetings and con...See the full content of this document
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