taking our culture forward

Mr Raymond Clague, born 26th November 1941, talks to interviewer David Callister about:

  • Childhood memories of Ballagawne Farm
  • Ploughing and farming accidents
  • Various animal breeds
  • Individual names for fields common
  • Hearing the newses
  • Collecting wrack from Garwick
  • Southern Agricultural Show
  • Trashing with traction engine
  • Bounty for long fellers [rats]
  • Milking and calving
  • Pig and sheep rearing
  • Breeding cattle and artificial insemination
  • Supplying boarding houses with vegetables
  • Litts of Baldwin
  • Haymaking and harvest time
  • Winter work schemes for farmers

Interviews

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