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the unsung, the shy, the retiring, they too have their story
of life in rural England as they knew it - all subjects considered
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James Barclay - Pays Tribute to the People of Peterborough
Excerpt from the article: We went on to talk of James’
work for the British Red Cross Bosnian appeal. “I felt”,
he said, “that we ought to be doing something for the local
community, something to help the people of Bosnia. This appeal snow-balled,
with collections from football clubs, together with the help of
many people from the city of Peterborough. Many heard the appeal
on the radio and the collection expanded beyond our most optimistic
hopes!. I should like to pay tribute to the people of the City of
who gave so much.”
Jonnie Andrews - Conservationist
Exerpt from the article: Of all Jonnie’s roles in the
countryside, the most important, I feel, is that of conservation.
As Secretary for the Country Landowner’s Association, a post
which he has held since 1980, conservation is in the forefront of
all he works for. One of many conferences Jonnie has chaired, was
a Press Conference, specifically called to launch the Brown Hare
Survey, which aimed to do an accurate account of the hare population.
Since 1991, figures and statistics have been systematically collected,
as a conservation priority, by interested groups, throughout the
British Isles.
Ron Jones - Views the Welsh Mining Community
Excerpt from the article: The village of Bedlinog has so
many mining ties with the rural community. Here I saw no wealth,
whiskey or swimming pools, in fact no signs at all of the things
that money can buy. Here surviving is for the strugglers, the ill,
the long-term unemployed. Here courage is all around. The miners
are seeing the “things they gave their life for broken”,
as Rudyard Kipling said, broken by the loss of their jobs. The ability
to make fun and jollity with very little money - is what humbled
me about the village of Bedlinog.
Rory Knight Bruce - Serving the Rural Community
Excerpt from the article: Rory has that most basic of country
attributes - the ability to work until it bursts him - and with
this ethic now indelible in his make-up, he worked through his years
at University, and paved his way into the world of journalism. He
joined the Spectator in 1984 and spoke of the paper with a great
deal of respect, adding that it was an unbelievably good publication
- well known for its achievements, its brilliant minds and its arguers.
The paper was also noted for its portrayal of, and love for, the
British countryside.
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