taking our culture forward

Miss Jean Burns, who was born in Tranmere on the Wirral and moved to the Isle of Man in 1947, talks to David Callister about the following topics:

  • Ploughing horses
  • Holidays to the Isle of Man
  • Land Girl in the UK
  • Working on Frank Richmond’s farm in Ramsey
  • Competing in the British Ploughing Association match
  • Ploughing fields for Charles Kerruish at Ballafayle
  • Learning how to drive a tractor
  • Judging ploughing matches
  • Breeding horses at Bolivia Mount
  • Breaking in horses
  • Horse ‘vocabulary’
  • Winning 3rd place in World Ploughing Match
  • Taking part in BBC radio programme ‘Have A Go’

Interviews

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