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28/12/2004 by wizkid
Farmers
One of the farmers who bred cows on the land backing onto our houses has died. Two brothers ran that farm, they also looked after cows on the green land on the Bean Road.
He will be sadly missed. They both were worthy of a mention on the Hertford characters forum.
I heard last night that his bull has been sold off, and that the remaining brother is only running the farm for another year.
I am truly saddened by this. This is Hertford's very great loss.
[:(]
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Reply ID 3100
28/12/2004 by wizkid
I should say more on this. They both wore blue dungarees and flat caps. They talked to their cows every morning. If the ducklings were born too early in the year, so that the frost might have killed them, the farmers used to build a little shelter for them so that they survived.
They were very unusual and very kind lovely people.
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28/12/2004 by Ewoowar
I echo your thoughts and sympathies, Wizkid. Two very genuine men.
I think my favourite encounter with the old fella was during the floods a few years back when two of their cows strayed across the stream and into Riversmeet. I had the pleasure of helping the farmers recapture their cows and had to go into the farm in complete darkness to fetch a length of fencing. As we walked through the farm we walked through the cows as they were gathered on a small piece of high ground. It wasn't until we had passed through them that I enquired as to the whereabouts of the bull and the farmer said we had just walked right past him, within feet. I said that I had never been that close to a bull before and he paused for a second before saying, "Me neither".
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