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Sheep shearing memories

In the November 2021 TFH, there was an article on the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine. This got me thinking of my early memories of sheep shearing when I was about nine years old, during the Second World War.

Grazing

The Rowany Golf Course, in Port Erin, Isle of Man, was mostly grazed during

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